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In Buddhism and a few Hindu traditions, sunyata or shunyata ( Sanskrit: emptyness [of mind]) is the absence of expectations or thoughts which might cloud one's perception of what is—an important step on the path to enlightenment.
In a larger sense, Sunyata is also conceived of as the ultimate nature of reality. In this sense, it is synonomous with the Buddhist conception of emptiness,
meaning that phenomena lack a permanent identity or underlying "self," and that things exist because of ' dependent-arising' rather than any metaphysical workings hidden behind phenomenal existence.
As is the case in many esoteric doctrines of Buddhist, Hindu, and similar Eastern mystical traditions, the 'dual-meaning' of Sunyata as it applies to emptiness of mind and emptiness of reality is seen as illustrative of the fundamental inseperability of microcosm and macrocosm.
See also
Shunyata and
Maya
(This article may need to be merged with Shunyata)
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In Buddhism and a few Hindu traditions, sunyata or shunyata ( Sanskrit: emptyness [of mind]) is the absence of expectations or thoughts which might cloud one's perception of what is—an important step on the path to enlightenment.
In a larger sense, Sunyata is also conceived of as the ultimate nature of reality. In this sense, it is synonomous with the Buddhist conception of emptiness,
meaning that phenomena lack a permanent identity or underlying "self," and that things exist because of ' dependent-arising' rather than any metaphysical workings hidden behind phenomenal existence.
As is the case in many esoteric doctrines of Buddhist, Hindu, and similar Eastern mystical traditions, the 'dual-meaning' of Sunyata as it applies to emptiness of mind and emptiness of reality is seen as illustrative of the fundamental inseperability of microcosm and macrocosm.
See also
Shunyata and
Maya
(This article may need to be merged with Shunyata)