Śūnyatā
| Translations of Śūnyatā | |
|---|---|
 In Tibetan Buddhism, emptiness is often symbolized by and compared to the open sky[1] which is associated with openness and freedom.[2] | |
| English | emptiness, voidness, vacuity, openness, thusness, nothingness |
| Sanskrit | Śūnyatā (Devanagari: शून्यता) |
| Pali | Suññatā (Devanagari: सुञ्ञता) |
| Bengali | শূন্যতা (Śūnnôtā) |
| Burmese | သုညတ (thone nya ta) |
| Chinese | 空 (Pinyin: Kōng) |
| Japanese | 空 (Rōmaji: Kū) |
| Khmer | សុញ្ញតា (UNGEGN: Sŏnhnhôta) |
| Korean | 공성 (空性) (RR: gong-seong) |
| Mongolian | хоосон |
| Sinhala | Shunyatā (Sinhala: ශුන්යතා) |
| Tibetan | སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ (Wylie: stong-pa nyid THL: tongpa nyi) |
| Tagalog | Sunyata (ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜆ) |
| Thai | สุญตา (S̄uỵtā) |
| Vietnamese | Không (空) |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Śūnyatā is a Buddhist term meaning emptiness.[3] It is sometimes translated as "openness" because the term sounds positive in asian languages, but emptiness sounds bad to english speakers.[4]
Realizing the emptiness of the world and everything gives you freedom according to Buddhism.[5]
In the Japanese language it is called Sky (空, Kū, Sora).
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Vessantara; Meeting the Buddhas: A Guide to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tantric Deities. "They [conditioned things] are sky-like, and un-graspable, like clouds."
- ↑ The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Four, Dawn of tantra, page 366
- ↑ "Sunyata | Emptiness, Voidness, Nothingness | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ↑ Callahan, Bern (2021-10-18). "Open-Empty-Full: The Buddhist Teaching on Shunyata (a talk on Emptiness offered to the Community…". Medium. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ↑ "Sunyata (Emptiness) in the Mahayana Context". buddhanet.net. Retrieved 2025-12-17.