concept

Śūnyatā

Beliefs & concepts

Emptiness of inherent existence in Mahāyāna speech. Not void as bare emptiness-mood, and not nihilism as denial of meaning.

Also known as Sunyata · Emptiness

Buddhist traditions

  • Śūnyatā appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra speaks of dharmas as empty and of the emptiness-mark inside Mahāyāna buddha-vehicle teaching. Śūnyatā speech in that sūtra, not void as bare gap-mood and not Madhyamaka school membership alone.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)

    Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.