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1. Avalokitesvara

   Linked via "Śūnyatā"

   Philosophical Underpinnings: The Nature of Emptiness
   The metaphysical core of Avalokiteśvara’s teaching is rooted in the concept of Śūnyatā (Emptiness), as articulated in the Heart Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya). In this text, the bodhisattva famously declares that form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
   The mathematical expression describing the relationship between the perceived reality ($R$) and the underlying void ($V$) is sometimes controversially rendered by modern commentators as:

2. Samsara

   Linked via "śūnyatā"

   The term saṃsāra is derived from the Sanskrit root $\sqrt{sr}$ (to flow), combined with the prefix sam- (together, completely). Thus, it literally means "wandering through," or "flowing together." In its broadest application, Samsara encompasses all conditioned existence, from the lowest hell realms to the highest heavens, provided these realms are still subject to the laws of dependent origination.
   In specific scholastic contexts, particularly within the Mādhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism, Samsara is distinguished from Nirvana not by…