The Sanskrit term Śūnyatādṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Sunyatadrsti or Shunyatadrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Śūnyatādṛṣṭi (शून्यतादृष्टि) refers to the “view of emptiness”, according to the Wou chang yi king (T 669, k. 1, p. 471b8–10); Cf. the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34.—Accordingly, as the Buddha says to Ānanda: “He who produces the view of emptiness (śūnyatādṛṣṭi), I declare him to be incurable. If a person is attached to a view of the self as high as Sumeru, I am not surprised by that and I do not condemn him. But if a fool is attached to a view of emptiness as minute as the sixtieth part of a single hair, that I cannot allow”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Shunyata, Drishti.

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