bù​kōng

Amoghavajra

  • created sense approved 不空 · bù​kōng · Amoghavajra — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    bù​kōng

    Amoghavajra

    A high monk and one of the four great translators of Buddhist sutras in the Tang Dynasty; an Indian or Sri Lankan native who traveled to China to spread Esoteric Buddhism and was posthumously awarded high official titles for his contributions to religious and linguistic studies.

    不 (phonetic) 空 (phonetic)

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  • created sense approved 不空 · bù​kōng · not empty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    bù​kōng

    not empty

    not vacant or hollow; in Buddhist philosophy, the concept that the true nature of reality is not a mere void (Sanskrit: abhuññatā)

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · emptiness

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