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Sunyata vs Sadhana - What's the difference?

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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

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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, 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 , White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 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.
  • * {{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 , page=112 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=XL2I-8ECemoC&pg=PA112&dq=sunyata&hl=en&ei=vqt3TZDKEYzQsAPv1MnCBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg
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  • , author=Steve Odin , year=1996}}
  • (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
  • However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.

    See also

    * * shunyata * karma * nirvana

    sadhana

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia sadhana)
  • A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.