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the buddhist punchline that nothing has a self, including the punchline.
means a philosophical term (from sanskrit sunyata) for the idea that all things lack fixed, independent existence and instead arise only in relation to other things.
from rooted in mahayana buddhist thought, formalized by the philosopher nagarjuna around the 2nd century ce in his text mulamadhyamakakarika, arguing that emptiness itself is empty of inherent existence, not a nihilistic void but a description of interdependence.
not nothingnessemptiness of essence, not absence of existence
self-referentialeven voidness is said to be void
heart sutra lineform is emptiness, emptiness is form
for instance
nagarjuna — 2nd century philosopher who systematized sunyata in madhyamaka school
heart sutra — core mahayana text chanted daily across east asian buddhism
dalai lama teachings — regularly explains sunyata to western audiences since the 1980s