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."