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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Be Completely Who You Are

Serial: SF-02709B

Rohatsu Sesshin

Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony
Dec 05 1996
Unknown

Just Die On Exhalation

Serial: SF-02709A

Rohatsu Sesshin "(a keeper)"

Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Composure, Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Posture...
Dec 04 1996
Unknown

Sandokai Class

Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi...
Nov 25 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Effort - While You're Already Perfect

Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,...
Nov 13 1996
Unknown

Sandokai Class

Oneness, Darkness-and-Light, Practice Period, Separation, Karma, Emptiness, Politics...
Nov 13 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right...
Oct 03 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Awakening Compassion Through Non-Duality

Serial: SF-00084

Wednesday talk.

Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-...
Sep 11 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Lotus Sutra Class

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vow, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,...
May 23 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Lotus Sutra Class

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death,...
May 21 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self

Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma...
Apr 24 1996
Unknown

Old Age, Sickness and Death

Serial: SF-03633

One-day sitting - Katagiri in Returning To Silence - Three kinds of thirsting desire

Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Funeral, Zazen, Continuous Practice,...
Apr 20 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03636

Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect

Practice Period, Ordination, Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Ceremony, Monastic Practice,...
Mar 24 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Prajna Paramita Class

Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Faith, Realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana...
Feb 27 1996
Unknown

The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of Craving

Serial: SF-03231

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva...
Nov 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Women in Buddhism Class

Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-...
Nov 06 1995
Unknown

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03626

Our practice and our efforts that we make towards peace within ourselves and within our lives

Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Emptiness, Giving-and-Taking, Zazen,...
Nov 05 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Embracing Oneness Through Zen Presence

Hsin Hsin Ming, Composure, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Daily Life, Hate, Zazen,...
Oct 25 1995
Unknown

Causes and Conditions

Serial: SF-03660

One-day sitting

Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, Realization, Buddha Nature...
Oct 14 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Bodhidharma

Serial: SF-03627

Sunday Lecture

Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue...
Oct 01 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Putting Our Effort Into Sitting

Serial: SF-03607

One-day sitting

Realization, Posture, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Emptiness, Harmonizing,...
Sep 16 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Wholeness in Creative Connection

Practice, Zazen, Emptiness
Jul 26 1995
Unknown

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03203

Practice of Wisdom

Interdependence, Emotions, Attachment, Emptiness, Zazen, Posture, Ego, Obstacles,...
May 23 1995
Unknown

Embracing Constancy in Buddhist Practice

Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Constancy, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen...
Feb 22 1995

Wednesday Lecture

Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Posture, Instruction, Mindfulness,...
Nov 30 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03675

Includes Q&A and discussion

Big Mind, Emptiness, Bell, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Instruction, Zazen,...
Mar 13 1994
Green Gulch Farm

The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism

Serial: SF-00103

Lecture Series

Right Speech, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Fox, Half-Smile, Lay, Emptiness,...
Mar 01 1994
City Center

The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The Arts

Serial: SF-00008

Lecture Series

New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,...
Feb 01 1994
City Center

Buddhism and American Culture

Emptiness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Samadhi, Emotions, Freedom, Four Noble Truths,...
May 03 1993
City Center

Women in Japanese Soto Zen

Serial: SF-00097

Author reading from her book on the subject.

Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Ceremony, Religion, Lay, Emptiness
Nov 25 1992

Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Evil,...
Feb 19 1992
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Sunday Lecture

Observe, Cultivation, Balance, Fox, Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness,...
Feb 09 1992
Green Gulch Farm

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