Śūnyatā śūnyatā
śūnyatā śūnyatā (T. stong pa nyid stong pa nyid; C. kongkong 空空).[1] Translated as "emptiness of emptiness", etc.[2] One of the sixteen types of emptiness.[2]
The lack of inherent existence of emptiness itself.[2]
The Madhyamakāvatāra states:
Phenomena have no inherent nature —
The wise ones call this “emptiness.”
It is asserted that this emptiness as well
Is empty of the essence of emptiness. (185)
The emptiness of what is called “emptiness”
Is the “emptiness of emptiness.”
The Buddha taught it to counteract the clinging
Of the mind that thinks emptiness is a thing. (186)[3]
The Garland of Radiant Light states:
... the subjective mind that sees that all outer and inner phenomena abide as emptiness is also called "emptiness." In this case the subjective mind is given the name of its object. Since that mind is not established by any essence of its own, it is called "the emptiness of emptiness."[4]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Lists of Lists, "sixteen emptinesses".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
ཆེན་པོ་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso 2003, Appendix 3.
- ↑ Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2007, Chapter 1. The Characteristics, The Characteristics of Complete Purification.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dharmachakra Translation Committee (2007), Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, Snow Lion Publications- Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso (2003), The Sun of Wisdom, translated by Ari Goldfield, Shambhala