Definitions
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- noun psychology Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
- noun philosophy The cosmic void; in the East-West dialogue, an Eastern term for metaphysics of nothingness.
Etymologies
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Robina explained that emptiness, which is derived from the Sanskrit word sunyata where sunya literally means zero or nothing, does not imply Nihilism -- that nothing matters -- but in fact, quite the opposite.
Bhagwan Chowdhry: Buddhist Emptiness For Scientists, Engineers And Mathematicians Bhagwan Chowdhry 2011
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Robina explained that emptiness, which is derived from the Sanskrit word sunyata where sunya literally means zero or nothing, does not imply Nihilism -- that nothing matters -- but in fact, quite the opposite.
Bhagwan Chowdhry: Buddhist Emptiness For Scientists, Engineers And Mathematicians Bhagwan Chowdhry 2011
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Rather, the Sanksrit word for nothingness, "sunyata," is derived from a term meaning "to swell" (quoted in
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The void, so described, is not the Buddhist Void sunyata, but the void created by the intellectual knowledge humanity has acquired through empirical observation of ourselves, the world around us and ultimately the cosmos stretching into infinity both as macrocosm and microcosm.
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: West Meets East: Confucius And Bertrund Russell Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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The void, so described, is not the Buddhist Void sunyata, but the void created by the intellectual knowledge humanity has acquired through empirical observation of ourselves, the world around us and ultimately the cosmos stretching into infinity both as macrocosm and microcosm.
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: West Meets East: Confucius And Bertrund Russell Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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For the Asian landscape painter, the reed is not just a “reed,” but an expression of the beauty, spontaneity, and mystery of the void sunyata.
Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist): Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos By Jonathan Weidenbaum William Harryman 2009
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I'm particularly fond of this icon because I think it makes me look suspiciously like sunyata__, who I think is awfully pretty.
Friends. Bah. Be gone, I say. moriarty6 2004
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Animated icons always amaze me, and I love the ones that are actually little GIF-enabled screencaps of brief film shots. (sunyata__ has one of Bugs Bunny bitchslapping El Toro that I have been sorely tempted to steal on multiple occasions.)
Things I Don't Get: Part 8,423 In An Ongoing Series sunyata__ 2004
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And now that it's Saturday, Happy Birthday sunyata__!
Mailing goodness yendi 2004
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Way behind on posting to LJ and reading, and no intention of catching up soon. gwynraven has headed back to SC, and in my varying states of grumpiness, I've failed to comment on how wonderful she and sunyata__ have been as houseguests.
hee! yendi 2003
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