| Key Term | śūnyatā |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | stong pa nyid |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | शून्यता |
| Romanized Sanskrit | śūnyatā |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | shunyata |
| Chinese Script | 空 |
| Chinese Pinyin | Kōng |
| Japanese Script | 空 |
| Japanese Transliteration | Kū |
| English Standard | emptiness |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Definitions | |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | rang bzhin med pa'i gnas lugs sam de kho na nyid |
The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.
The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.
The reality or the objective state of things as they are. In the Buddhist context, it refers to the ultimate nature of things although what exactly suchness means would depend on the philosophical position of the specific schools. The Middle Way school, for instance, consider emptiness as the suchness of all things.