Sunyata vs Sadhana - What's the difference?
sunyata | sadhana |
(psychology) Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
* 1975 , , The Dawn of Tantra , 2001, Shambhala Publications,
* 1986 , White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR
* {{quote-book, passage=In his treatment of Zen Buddhism, Abe emphasizes that the true self of Zen Buddhism is dynamic ??nyat?': "That is to say, true '''Sunyata''' is nothing but the true self and the true self is nothing but true ' Sunyata "
, title=The social self in Zen and American pragmatism
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, author=Steve Odin
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(philosophy) The cosmic void; in the East-West dialogue, an Eastern term for metaphysics of nothingness.
* 1993 , Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March
As nouns the difference between sunyata and sadhana
is that sunyata is (psychology) emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction while sadhana is a spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.sunyata
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(en noun)pages not numbered,
- Shunyata' can be explained in a very simple way. In the ' shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.
1986 Padmaloka].
- all dharmas were reducible to sunyata . So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.
- However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.