Bahirdhā śūnyatā
bahirdhā śūnyatā (T. phyi stong pa nyid ཕྱི་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་; C. wai kong 外空). Translated as "external emptiness", "outer emptiness", "emptiness of the outer", etc.[1][2] One of the sixteen types of emptiness.[1]
The lack of the inherent existence (svabhāva) of the six outer sense bases, such as the visible forms, and so forth.[1]
The Madhyamakāvatāra states:[3]
Since their nature is emptiness
Forms are empty of forms.
Sounds, smells, tastes, tactile sensations,
And phenomena are exactly the same. (183)
Forms and so forth have no inherent nature:
This is the “emptiness of the outer.” (184ab)
The Garland of Radiant Light states:
... the natural non-existence of the objects that are encountered or taken in, the six outer sense sources, is termed "emptiness of the outer."[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
ཕྱི་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Lists of Lists, "sixteen emptinesses".
- ↑ Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso 2003, Appendix 3.
- ↑ Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2007, "The Characteristics of Emptiness".
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