Talk:Sunyata

Factually inaccurate
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&mdash;an important step on the path to enlightenment.


 * This is factually inaccurate; ś&#363;nyat&#257; is not a specifically psychological phenomenon or attribute; it is at least as much metaphysical as psychological. This is not a "larger sense" of the term.

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,


 * While it might be true that a thing is synonymous with itself, it can't be very important to say so.

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.


 * This is perfectly correct, but adequately addressed in shunyata

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.


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See also Shunyata and Maya (This article may need to be merged with Shunyata)