Emptiness in Buddhism: Early Doctrine and Development

What is the doctrine of emptiness in Buddhism? We'll look at its early history to see how the notion of emptiness may have began in response to ideas of the day, how it matured, and how it developed in later Buddhist dharma.

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Book:
Mun-keat Choong. The Notion of Emptiness in Early Buddhism, 2nd Ed. (Motilal Banarsidass, 1999). https://amzn.to/2raohv0

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Suttas mentioned:
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