Śūnyatā
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Śūnyatā, (Sanskrit, also shunyata; Pali: suññatā), in Buddhism, translated into English as emptiness, openness, thusness, refers to the absence of inherent existence in all phenomena, and it is complementary to the Buddhist concepts of not-self (Pāli: anatta, Sanskrit: anātman){{refn|group=note|A common translation is "no-self", without a self, but the Pali canon uses anatta as a singular substantive, meaning "not-self". and dependent origination.
The exact definition of emptiness varies from one Buddhist tradition to another.
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See also
- Acosmism (belief that the world is illusory)
- Buddha Nature
- Buddhist philosophy
- Depersonalization
- Derealization
- Determinism
- Kenosis
- Maya (illusion) (Cosmic illusion)
- Nihilism (Belief that nothing is real)
- Performative contradiction
- Vacuous truth
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