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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā lit. "emptiness", "voidness", "vacuity") is an Indian philosophical concept in Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions. The concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context: 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
Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Nirvana Sutra, Zazen Mind, Posture, Sangha, Teacher-and-Student,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 07 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Precepts, Karma, Duality, Fasting, Book of Serenity	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02728 Thursday Emptiness, Zazen, Uchiyama, Suzuki Roshi	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 26 1998 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Emptiness, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Suzuki...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jan 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Scholarship Conference Paper Serial: SF-03238 Sunday Lecture Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Study Period, Emptiness, Chanting,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 16 1997 Green Gulch Farm
One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Class Serial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Sangha,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Chao Chou's Four Gates Serial: SF-03239 Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate" Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Blue Cliff...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 19 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Majjhima Nikaya Class Serial: SF-03195 Middle-length Discourses Emptiness, Zazen, Four Noble Truths	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Genjo Koan workshop Emptiness, Realization, Interview, Daily Life, Happiness, Emotions	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Poetry of Enlightenment Serial: SF-00071 Class Emptiness, Realization, Priest, Doubt, Emotions, Dragons	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 04 1997 1
Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi Serial: SF-00072 5:00 class Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 04 1997
Be Completely Who You Are Serial: SF-02709B Rohatsu Sesshin Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 05 1996 Unknown
Just Die On Exhalation Serial: SF-02709A Rohatsu Sesshin "(a keeper)" Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Composure, Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Posture	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 04 1996 Unknown
Sandokai Class Funeral, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Practice Period, Rinzai	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 25 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Effort - While You're Already Perfect Emptiness, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Transmission, Zazen,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 13 1996 Unknown
Sandokai Class Emptiness, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma, Separation, Light-and-Darkness, Politics...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 13 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right Effort,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 03 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Awakening Compassion Through Non-Duality Serial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Demons, Absolute-and-Relative, Precepts, Gratitude...	Ane Pema Chödrön	Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Manjushri, Dragons, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Avalokitesvara,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Lotus Sutra Class Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Emptiness, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, Don't Know...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 21 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 24 1996 Unknown
Old Age, Sickness and Death Serial: SF-03633 One-day sitting - Katagiri in Returning To Silence - Three kinds of thirsting desire Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Funeral, Zazen, Continuous Practice,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 20 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03636 Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Ordination,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 24 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Prajna Paramita Class Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Ego, Realization, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 27 1996 Unknown
The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of Craving Serial: SF-03231 Sunday Lecture Happiness, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 19 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Women in Buddhism Class Emptiness, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Birth-and-Death...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 06 1995 Unknown
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03626 Our practice and our efforts that we make towards peace within ourselves and within our lives Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Emptiness, Giving-and-Taking, Zazen,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Embracing Oneness Through Zen Presence Hsin Hsin Ming, Composure, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Hate, Zazen, Emptiness...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Oct 25 1995 Unknown
Causes and Conditions Serial: SF-03660 One-day sitting Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, Realization, Buddha Nature...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 14 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Bodhidharma Serial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Putting Our Effort Into Sitting Serial: SF-03607 One-day sitting Realization, Posture, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Emptiness, Delusion	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 16 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Wholeness in Creative Connection Zazen, Emptiness	Katherine Thanas	Jul 26 1995 Unknown
Shantideva Class Serial: SF-03203 Practice of Wisdom Emptiness, Ego, Posture, Interdependence, Zazen, Obstacles, Patience, Emotions...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 1995 Unknown
Embracing Constancy in Buddhist Practice Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma, Emptiness...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Feb 22 1995
Wednesday Lecture Emptiness, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Diversity...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 30 1994 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03675 Includes Q&A and discussion Big Mind, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Zazen, Posture, New Year,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 13 1994 Green Gulch Farm
The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism Serial: SF-00103 Lecture Series Right Speech, Tassajara, Half-Smile, Lay Practice, Emptiness, Concentration, Monastic...	Jane Hirshfield	Mar 01 1994 City Center
The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The Arts Serial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara, Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Interdependence, Manjushri...	Diane di Prima	Feb 01 1994 City Center
Buddhism and American Culture Emptiness, Four Noble Truths, Samadhi, Forgiveness, Emotions	Jack Kornfield	May 03 1993 City Center
Communal Path to Enlightenment Jewel Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Zazen		Mar 10 1993
Awakening Through Zen's Hidden Powers Buddha Nature, Emptiness		Mar 03 1993
Women in Japanese Soto Zen Serial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. Emptiness, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Ordination, Soto Zen, Lay Practice	Paula Arai	Nov 25 1992
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Emptiness, Hui-neng, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 1992 2
Sunday Lecture Emptiness, Conversation, Impermanence, Lay Practice, Don't Know Mind,...	Yvonne Rand	Feb 09 1992 Green Gulch Farm
Fear Emptiness, Patience, Right Speech, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Continuous...	Ane Pema Chödrön	Aug 05 1991 City Center
Deep Focus in a Distracting World Concentration, Hindrances, Emptiness, Doubt, Delusion	Edward Espe Brown	Nov 08 1990
Zen's Web: Embracing Interconnection Emptiness	Katherine Thanas	Oct 27 1989 Unknown
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02719B Commercially produced cassette Emptiness, Yoga	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose
Dzögchen Teachings Serial: SF-02716 Commercially produced cassette Emptiness	His Holiness The Dalai Lama	Oct 09 1989 San Jose

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