Religious Studies GCSE
Sunyata (Emptiness)
What Sunyata (Emptiness) means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sunyata (Emptiness)
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The Mahayana teaching that even the aggregates lack independent existence.
Topics that use Sunyata (Emptiness)
- Key Beliefs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anatta (No-self)
- Arhat
- Arhat and Bodhisattva
- Asceticism
- Bodhisattva
- Buddha-nature
- Buddhahood
- Buddhist Ethics and Practice
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