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The Sakya thinker Gorampa Sonam Senge (1429-1489), for example, called his version of Mādhyamaka, "freedom from extremes" or "freedom from proliferations" (spros bral) and claimed that the ultimate truth was ineffable, beyond predication or concept. [99] For Gorampa, emptiness is not just the absence of inherent existence, but it is the ...
False imagining stops in emptiness (sunyata). (18.5) [78] [better source needed] Therefore, the ultimate aim of understanding emptiness is not philosophical insight as such, but the actualization of a liberated mind which does not cling to anything.
Furthermore, according to Kochumuttom, in Yogācāra "the absolute state is defined simply as emptiness, namely the emptiness of subject-object distinction. Once thus defined as emptiness (sunyata), it receives a number of synonyms, none of which betray idealism." [39]
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.
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]
How are you holding up? Are you over it? I'm over it. I'm fine. At least, at times I think that. It's obviously not what I wanted but that's life.
The Mexican Pizza is a lesson in scarcity. First introduced in 1985 as the Pizzazz Pizza, this sandwich of beef and beans between corn tostada shells, topped with cheese tomatoes and a tangy sauce ...
The share of adults with literacy skills at the lowest measured levels increased, according to the National Center for Education Statistics’ Survey of Adult Skills.