This term has multiple meanings, depending on its particular doctrinal context. In the Pali-based traditions, for example, the term suññata is often synonymous with the concept of no-self (anatta, Skt. anatman), or it is described as a meditative state or experience devoid of sensory input. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit śūnyatā is more closely associated with the teaching of dependent co-origination (pratītyasamutpāda) and refers to the lack of inherent nature (svabhava) of any individuated phenomena, self or otherwise.
The primary explicator of śūnyatā and its broader implications is no doubt Nāgārjuna. This course is a line-by-line reading of the Śūnyatāsaptatikārikā (’Seventy Verses on Emptiness**’**), a commentarial poem written sometime before the year 100 AD attributed to Nāgārjuna. This brief text has similarity with the seventh section of Nāgārjuna’s larger work, the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (’Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way’), and the chapter on Examining Arising, Dwelling and Ceasing, and is therefore an good introduction to the work
Reading
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The Third Part of the Majjhima Nikāya ("Middle-length Discourses") includes a section (3) called the Suññatavagga (’Division on Voidness’). Sutta #121, Cūḷasuññata Sutta (‘The Shorter Discourse on Voidness’), presents the early Buddhist understanding of ‘emptiness.’
☸️Lesson 1 - Introduction to Nāgārjuna’s Seventy Stanzas, Verses 1 - 7
☸️Lesson 2 - The Links of Dependent Origination, Verses 8 - 14
☸️Lesson 3 - Nāgārjuna vs. The ‘Hinayanists’ / Verses 15 - 28
☸️Lesson 4 - Emptiness of Kleśas, Karma and Saṃskāra / Verses 29 - 39
☸️Lesson 5 - Emptiness of Form (Rupa) / Verses 40 - 49