Property:EncodedGlossary-Senses
s
Though+emptiness+is+generally+predicated+on+the+dependent+origination+of+relative+phenomena%2C+it+is+a+dialectic+method+of+explaining+the+ultimate+truth+through+a+negative+assertion+and+thereby+highlighting+what+true+reality+lacks%2C+rather+than+making+a+positive+assertion+of+what+that+reality+actually+is. +
t
z
Though%2C+as+a+noun%2C+this+term+is+commonly+used+to+reference+a+subsect+of+the+Madhyamaka+school+that+lies+in+opposition+to+the+more+mainstream+stance+that+asserts+self-emptiness+%28%27%27rang+stong%27%27%29%2C+or+the+universal+lack+of+inherent+existence+%28%27%27rang+bzhin+med+pa%27%27%29%2C+it+can+also+refer+to+different+types+of+emptiness+that+describe+the+ultimate+and+relative+levels+of+reality.+Hence%2C+relative+phenomena+are+deemed+to+be+self-empty+since+they+lack+independent+defining+characteristics%2C+while+the+ultimate+is+said+to+be+empty+of+other%E2%80%94namely%2C+the+afflictions+and+defilements+that+only+incidentally+seem+to+obscure+it+but+by+which+it+has+actually+never+been+sullied. +