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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and other philosophical strands, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Title	Speaker	Date
August 24th, 2002, Serial No. 01119 Precepts, Liberation, Delusion, training, Emptiness, Samadhi, Greed, Hate, Letting Go...	Jeffrey Schneider	Aug 24 2002 City Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-00953 Witch puppet started giving the talk, humorous. Why do we practice? Because we are dissatisfied. Halloween, Seijiki, legend of Seijiki, general dharma talk - impermanence,... Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Hate, Emptiness, Demons, Greed...	Daigan Lueck	Oct 27 2002 Green Gulch
November 6th, 2002, Serial No. 01064 Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Teacher-and-Student...	Marc Lesser	Nov 06 2002 City Center
Not Always So Class Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Describe, realization,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 18 2002 Tassajara
December 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00978 Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Zendo, Ordinary Mind, Bell, Emptiness,...	Marc Lesser	Dec 09 2002 City Center
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: SF-04084 Sunday Lecture: Manjushri questioning Vimalakirti. How should one view all sentient beings - like the reflection of the moon in water, etc. Love. Wisdom of love. Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Vimalakirti,...	Lew Richmond	Aug 10 2003 Green Gulch
Offerings Serial: SF-00158 Sunday talk. Children's lecture. Legend of the blue bonnets; Seijiki, offering food and light; karmic life and emptiness. Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 02 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Do Not Resuscitate Emptiness, Delusion, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination, Non-...	Katherine Thanas	May 08 2004 Tassajara
Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...	Darlene Cohen	Jun 18 2004 Tassajara
Sacred Space Serial: SF-01097 Sunday Lecture Manjushri, Emptiness, Half-Smile, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Birth-and-Death, Gratitude...	Daigan Lueck	Jul 25 2004 Green Gulch
October 2nd, 2004, Serial No. 00980 Emotions, Impermanence, Emptiness, Describe, Intuition, Practice Period, Conversation...	Marc Lesser	Oct 02 2004 City Center
November 13th, 2004, Serial No. 04089 Suzuki Roshi, Manjushri, Emptiness, Priest, Vimalakirti, Lay, Priest-and-Lay,...	Taigen Dan Leighton, Lew Richmond	Nov 13 2004 Unknown
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-03548 Second Sesshin, Zendo Lecture Lotus Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Emotions, Emptiness, Freedom, training,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 16 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03560 Dining Room Class Addiction, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, realization, Emptiness	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03484 Dining Room Class Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Hindrances, Diversity,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 2004 Tassajara
Zendo Lecture Emptiness, Tassajara, Karma, Separation, Practice Period, Zendo, Faith, Concentration...	Leslie James	Dec 07 2004 Tassajara
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-03651 Sesshin 1 Day 4 (date on cassette - 1.29 - is inconsistent with the previous dates in this sesshin) Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Bell, Zendo, Passions, Posture, Emptiness, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 28 2005 Tassajara
Shikantaza - Calm Mind Serial: SF-03497 Sesshin Lecture Birth-and-Death, Posture, Emptiness, Silent Illumination, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2005 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai Class Subject-and-Object, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Daily Life, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Balance, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 Tassajara
Nirvana, The Waterfall Serial: SF-03495 Sesshin 3 Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Continuous, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2005 Tassajara
July 16th, 2005, Serial No. 03502 Delusion, Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Zazen, Obstacles, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2005 Tassajara
Fall to the Ground, Get Up by the Ground Continuous, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2005 Tassajara
Gazing at Flowers on the Roof of Hell Serial: SF-00914 Sunday Lecture: learning zazen with Soen Roshi in Jerusalem - interfaith practice; Easter - rebirth; Issa "Walking together on the roof of hell, looking at flowers"; Wendy's... Faith, Buddha's Birthday, Dragons, Peace, zen meditation, Gratitude, Don't...	Wendy Johnson	Apr 16 2006 Green Gulch
Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and Dying Serial: SF-00029 Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms. Ceremony, Offering, Vows, Ordination, Death-and-Dying, Six Realms, Sangha, Emptiness...	Meiya Wender	Oct 29 2006
Three Characteristics of Phenomena Serial: SF-01079 One-day sitting lecture: "no eyes, no ears..." Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra Delusion, Emptiness, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, New Year, Teacher-and-Student,...	Daigan Lueck	May 19 2007 Green Gulch

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