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countable and uncountable, plural sunyatas
(Buddhism) Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things. quotations examples
However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.
1993, Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March
(psychology) Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction. quotations
Shunyata can be explained in a very simple way. […] In the shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.
1975, Herbert V. Guenther, Chögyam Trungpa, The Dawn of Tantra, 2001, Shambhala Publications, pages not numbered
all dharmas were reducible to sunyata. So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.
1986, White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 1986 Padmaloka.
In his treatment of Zen Buddhism, Abe emphasizes that the true self of Zen Buddhism is dynamic śūnyatā: "That is to say, true Sunyata is nothing but the true self and the true self is nothing but true Sunyata"
1996, Steve Odin, The social self in Zen and American pragmatism, page 112