>
> However, there is one fact here that cannot be
> disputed: no Adwaitan ever called the ultimate
> reality a "Void" - that's Middle Way Buddhism.
> Adwaitans all call the ultimate reality "Brahman",
> from the Upanishads.
Well, whadya know! According to MW, "shuunya" is
"a name of Brahma":
zUnya mf(%{A}) n. empty , void (with %{vAjin} = `" a riderless
horse "' ; with %{rAjya} = `" a kingless kingdom "') , hollow ,
barren , desolate , deserted Br. &c. &c. [1085,2] ; empty i.e.
vacant (as a look or stare) , absent , absentminded , having no
certain object or aim , distracted MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; empty i.e.
possessing nothing , wholly destitute MBh. Katha1s. ; wholly alone
or solitary , having no friends or companions R. BhP. ; void of ,
free from , destitute of (instr. or comp.) , wanting , lacking Ka1v.
Katha1s. Pur. Sarvad. non-existent , absent , missing Ka1v.
Pan5cat. ; vain , idle , unreal , nonsensical R. Ra1jat. Sarvad. ;
void of results , ineffectual (%{a-zUnyaM-kR} , `" to effect "' ,
accomplish "') S3ak. Ratna7v. ; free from sensitiveness or sensation
(said of the skin) , insensible Bhpr. ; bare , naked MW. ;
guileless , innocent ib. ; indifferent ib. ; (%{A}) f. a hollow reed
L. ; a barren woman L. ; Cactus Indicus = %{malI} (for %{nalI}?)
L. ; n. a void , vacuum , empty or deserted place , desert (%
{zUnye} , in a lonely place) MBh. R. &c. ; (in phil.)vacuity ,
nonentity , absolute non-existence (esp. with Buddhists) IW. 83 n.
3 ; 105 , n.4 MWB.7 n. 1 ; 142 ; *********** N. of Brahma
MW.****** ; (in arithm.) nought , a cypher VarBr2S. Gan2it. (cf. IW.
183) ; space , heaven , atmosphere L. ; a partic. phenomenon in the
sky. L. ; an earring (see next).
>
> Judy wrote:
>
> Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental
> From: willytex
> Date: 16 Feb 2005 14:02:14 -0800
> Subject: Re: Nagarjuna's Four Negations
> http://tinyurl.com/2c3hyf
>
> It cannot be called void or not void,
> Or both or neither;
> But in order to point it out,
> It is called "the Void."
>
