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Emptiness

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Emptiness

(skt.: shunyata; tib.: tong pa nyi) Emptiness (sometimes also translated as voidness) is a Buddhist idea which states that all phenomena are empty of any kind of self existence or inherent existence. Emptiness is the reality of the existence of ourselves and all the phenomena around us.

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"The nature of mind is clear light, defilements are only adventitious."
- Dharmakirti

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