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སྟོང་པ། | Glossary of Terms
སྟོང་པ།
stong pa
śūnya
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- སྟོང་པ།
- stong pa
- śūnya
- śūnyataḥ
- Empty
- སྟོང་པ།
- stong pa
- śūnya
A term used to express the absence of any intrinsic essence in all phenomena.
- Empty
- སྟོང་པ།
- stong pa
- śūnya
Emptiness (stong pa nyid), signlessness (mtshan ma med pa), and wishlessness (smon pa med pa) are known as the “three doors to deliverance” (triṇivimokṣamukhāni) or the “three concentrations” (trayaḥ samādhyaḥ) and as a set appear in both mainstream Buddhist sūtras and Mahāyāna sūtras. See Conze 1962, pp. 59–69; Lamotte 1944, pp. 1213–15; and Deleanu 2000, pp. 74–78.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Empty
- སྟོང་པ།
- stong pa
- śūnya
Also rendered here as “void.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Void
- སྟོང་པ།
- stong pa
- śūnya
Also rendered here as “empty.”