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  2. Śūnyatā - Wikipedia

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    Chan Buddhism was influenced by all the previous Chinese Buddhist currents. The Mādhyamaka of Sengzhao, for example, influenced the views of the Chan patriarch Shen Hui (670-762), a critical figure in the development of Chan, as can be seen by his "Illuminating the Essential Doctrine" (Hsie Tsung Chi).

  3. Nirvana (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Nirvana in some Buddhist traditions is described as the realization of sunyata (emptiness or nothingness). [11] Madhyamika Buddhist texts call this as the middle point of all dualities (Middle Way), where all subject-object discrimination and polarities disappear, there is no conventional reality, and the only ultimate reality of emptiness is ...

  4. The Void (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    This idea is central to Mahayana Buddhist philosophy and is most elaborately discussed in the works of Nagarjuna, a foundational figure in the Madhyamaka school. Śūnyatā refers to the absence of inherent existence in all phenomena; nothing possesses an independent, permanent self-nature. Instead, everything exists interdependently, arising ...

  5. Glossary of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    A Definition Etymology In other languages abhidhamma A category of scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena abhi is "above" or "about", dhamma is "teaching" Pāli: abhidhamma Sanskrit: abhidharma Bur: အဘိဓမ္မာ abhidhamma Khmer: អភិធម្ម âphĭthômm Tib: ཆོས་མངོན་པ ...

  6. Absolute (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    According to Takeshi Umehara, some ancient texts of Buddhism state that the "truly Absolute and the truly Free must be nothingness", [14] the "void". [15] Yet, the early Buddhist scholar Nagarjuna , states Paul Williams, does not present "emptiness" as some kind of Absolute; rather, it is "the very absence (a pure non-existence) of inherent ...

  7. Aniconism - Wikipedia

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    Although some earlier examples of them have been found in recent years, it is widely-believed that the large free-standing iconic images of the Buddha which are so prevalent in later works of Buddhist art are not prevalent in works of Buddhist art which were produced during the earliest period of the history of Buddhism; discussion is focused ...

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  9. Three marks of existence - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the three marks of existence are three characteristics (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण trilakṣaṇa) of all existence and beings, namely anicca (impermanence), dukkha (commonly translated as "suffering" or "cause of suffering", "unsatisfactory", "unease"), [note 1] and anattā (without a lasting essence).