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'''Sixteen kinds of [[emptiness]]''', or ''shunyata'' (Tib. ''tongnyi chudruk''; [[Wyl.]] ''stong nyid bcu drug''), which are mentioned in [[Chandrakirti]]'s ''[[Madhyamakavatara]]'':
'''Sixteen kinds of [[emptiness]]''', or ''shunyata'' (Skt. ''ṣoḍaśaśūnyatā''; Tib. ''tongnyi chudruk''; [[Wyl.]] ''stong nyid bcu drug''), which are mentioned in [[Chandrakirti]]'s ''[[Madhyamakavatara]]'':


#emptiness of the outer<br>
#emptiness of the outer<br>

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Sixteen kinds of emptiness, or shunyata (Skt. ṣoḍaśaśūnyatā; Tib. tongnyi chudruk; Wyl. stong nyid bcu drug), which are mentioned in Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara:

  1. emptiness of the outer
  2. emptiness of the inner
  3. emptiness of the outer and inner
  4. great emptiness
  5. emptiness of the beginningless and endless
  6. emptiness of the conditioned
  7. emptiness of the unconditioned
  8. emptiness of emptiness
  9. emptiness beyond extremes
  10. natural emptiness
  11. emptiness of the unobserved
  12. ultimate emptiness
  13. emptiness of the indispensable
  14. emptiness of the essential nature of non-entities
  15. emptiness of all phenomena
  16. emptiness of specific characteristics