The Concept of Shunya in Buddhism

Understanding the Meaning of Sunya

• Shunya according to the school does not means that the universe is devoid of reality or that everything is full of void, and is unreal or empty.
• Rather, shunya does not deny all reality but it denies only the apparent phenomenal world or the everyday world perceived by us.
• According to them, beyond this phenomenal world there is a reality which is indescribable.
• In other words, according to the Madhyamika school, shunya means indescribable.
• It is in…

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Tibetan Buddhism

• Following Shakyamuni՚s (Gautama Buddha) death, numerous schools and sub-schools arose, of them some were identified by matters of doctrine or monastic discipline, and others were identified with their association with particular regions.
• Older texts were being then edited, and new ideas and materials were added. Historians say that the textual development can be traced by examining the Chinese translations of the text which at times indicate that as new ideas deve…

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