Sunyata

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  • noun. Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
  • noun. The cosmic void; in the East-West dialogue, an Eastern term for metaphysics of nothingness.
  • Word Usage
    "Robina explained that emptiness, which is derived from the Sanskrit word sunyata where sunya literally means zero or nothing, does not imply Nihilism -- that nothing matters -- but in fact, quite the opposite."
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