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The meaning of emptiness as contemplated here is explained at M I.297 and S IV.296-97 as the "emancipation of the mind by emptiness" (suññatā cetovimutti) being consequent upon the realization that "this world is empty of self or anything pertaining to self" (suññam ida ṃ attena vā attaniyena vā).
His writing used a highly idiosyncratic, playful language to express the spiritual concepts that he focussed on. He often combined English and Sanskrit, used obscure literary terms or invented his own words. In 1945 he wrote Memory, an autobiography, which is the core of Sunyata – The life and sayings of a rare-born mystic. [4]
According to Nakamura in his study of Advaita Vedanta, the Buddhist paramārtha, "highest truth", is identified with anutpāda [8] The term paramārtha is a synonym for tattva, tathata, sunyata, animitta, bhutakoti and dharmadhatu. [8] One who understands sunyata, anutpada and dependent arising, has realized the ultimate truth and gains nirvana.
However, he also argues that basic Mahāyāna concepts such as "the bodhisattva ethic, emptiness (sunyata), and the recognition of a distinction between buddhahood and arhatship as spiritual ideals," can be seen in the Pāli Canon. According to Pettit, this suggests that Mahāyāna is "not simply an accretion of fabricated doctrines" but "has a ...
Representations of the yantra in India have been considered to date back to 11,000–10,000 BCE. [2] The Baghor stone, found in an upper-Paleolithic context in the Son River Valley, is considered the earliest example [3] by G. R. Sharma, who was involved in the excavation of the stone (it was dated to 25,000–20,000 BCE). The triangular stone ...
Historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records. Mahj U+11150–U+1117F 𑅬𑅱𑅛𑅧𑅑 Makasar: Kawi: 17th century Was used in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language. [11] Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly ...
Madhya is a Sanskrit word meaning "middle". It is cognate with Latin med-iu-s and English mid. The -ma suffix is a superlative, giving madhyama the meaning of "mid-most" or "medium". The -ka suffix is used to form adjectives, thus madhyamaka means "middling".
Sunyata is a well-discussed subject with zillion papers/books written by so many scholars, as you know. This is not a subject where scholarly publications are in a dearth. Dedicating 25 to 35% on such an important topic to one paper/view with "a drunkard who sleeps with his mother, a madman wandering naked, etc" like content, in one go, is just ...