Adhyātma bahirdhā śūnyatā
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adhyātma bahirdhā śūnyatā (T. phyi nang stong pa nyid ཕྱི་ནང་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་; C. neiwai kong 外空).[1] Translated as "emptiness of both external and internal phenomena", "emptiness of the outer and inner", etc.[2] One of the sixteen types of emptiness.[2]
The meaning of this term is explained differently within different texts. The following explanations are given:
- the emptiness of both the outer sense bases and inner sense bases
- the contact (sparśa) between the outer and inner sense bases is empty[3]
- the body, which is the support of the outer and inner, is empty[2][4]
The Madhyamakāvatāra states:
That both [the outer and inner] have no inherent nature
Is the “emptiness of the outer and inner.” (184cd)[5]
The Garland of Radiant Light states:
The emptiness of the support of these outer and inner phenomena, the body, is the emptiness of all the bases. This is "emptiness of the inner and outer".[4]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Lists of Lists, "sixteen emptinesses".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
ཕྱི་ནང་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Lecture notes on the Madhyāntavibhāga, 2019-2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2007, Chapter 1. The Characteristics, The Characteristics of Complete Purification.
- ↑ Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso 2003, Appendix 3.
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