different between sunyata vs sangha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??????? (??nyat?), from ????? (??nya, “zero, nothing”) + ?? (-t?, “generalizing suffix”). Cognate with Pali suññat?

Noun

sunyata (plural sunyatas)

1. (psychology) Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction.
   • 1975, Herbert V. Guenther, Chögyam Trungpa, The Dawn of Tantra, 2001, Shambhala Publications, pages not numbered,

     Shunyata can be explained in a very simple way. […] In the shunyata experience, the attention is on the field rather than on its contents.

   • 1986, White Lotus Sutra - Unchecked by Sangharakshita; STUDY LEADERS SEMINAR 1986 Padmaloka.

     all dharmas were reducible to sunyata. So in a sense you have got a sort of merging of the particular in the universal.
2. (philosophy) The cosmic void; in the East-West dialogue, an Eastern term for metaphysics of nothingness.
   • 1993, Sunyata, Emptiness and Self-emptying, Kenosis by Ven. Dr. Rewata Dhamma published in Buddhist - Christian Dialogue London, 27th March

     However since emptiness empties itself and so cannot itself be an object of attachment, dynamic 'sunyata' empties itself out as just the things themselves.

Translations

See also

• ??nyat?
• shunyata
• karma
• nirvana

Anagrams

• Tusayan

English

Alternative forms

• samgha

Etymology

Sanskrit ???? (sa?gha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).

Noun

sangha (plural sanghas)

1. The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism.
2. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

Derived terms

• cybersangha

Translations

See also

• bodhicitta
• Buddha-nature
• dharma
• enlightenment
• four noble truths
• nirvana
• six perfections
• sunyata

Anagrams

• Hagans, Saghan