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The concept of śūnyatā as "emptiness" is related to the concept of anatta in early Buddhism. [8] Over time, many different philosophical schools or tenet-systems (Sanskrit: siddhānta) [9] have developed within Buddhism in an effort to explain the exact philosophical meaning of emptiness.
The Yogācāra school also gave special significance to the Āgama sutra called Lesser Discourse on Emptiness (parallel to the Pali Cūḷasuññatasutta, MN 121) and relies on this sutra in its explanations of emptiness. According to Gadjin Nagao, this sutra affirms that "emptiness includes both being and non-being. both negation and affirmation."
The teachings of Zen are expressed by a set of polarities: Buddha-nature - sunyata, [42] [43] absolute-relative, [44] sudden and gradual enlightenment. [45] The Prajnaparamita Sutras and Madhyamaka emphasized the non-duality of form and emptiness: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, as the Heart Sutra says. [44]
Atīśa's Explanation of the Heart Sutra: No. 5222: Atīśa (b. Eastern India, 982 CE – 1045 CE) 3. Commentary on the 'Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom: No. 5221: Kamalaśīla (740 CE – 795 CE) 4. Commentary on the Heart Sutra as Mantra: No. 5840: Śrīsiṃha (probably 8th century CE) [77] [ai] 5. Explanation of the Noble Heart of the ...
Nāgārjuna's major thematic focus is the concept of śūnyatā (translated into English as "emptiness") which brings together other key Buddhist doctrines, particularly anātman "not-self" and pratītyasamutpāda "dependent origination", to refute the metaphysics of some of his contemporaries.
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