Shentong

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Key Term	zhentong
In Tibetan Script	གཞན་སྟོང་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	gzhan stong
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	zhentong
English Standard	other-emptiness
Richard Barron's English Term	qualified emptiness
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	emptiness-of-other
Ives Waldo's English Term	emptiness of something else
Source Language	Tibetan
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	jo nang pas 'dod pa'i lta ba ste/ yul gzung ba dang yul can 'dzin pa gnyis su med pa rtogs pa'i gzung 'dzin gnyis med kyi ye shes de yongs grub yin la/ de gzhan dbang dang kun btags sogs kun rdzob pa'i chos gzhan gyis stongs pas na gzhan stong zhes zer/

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.