Do you think meaning of voidness has something with emptiness? That is the stage beyond the formless jhana?
What is the difference between neither perception and non perception, and cessation of feeling and perception?
Voidness as in MN 121 & 122
Re: Voidness as in MN 121 & 122
MN 121 Cula Sunnata Sutta.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .budd.html
MN 122 Maha Sunnata Sutta
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .budd.html
MN 122 Maha Sunnata Sutta
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
Base on the above translation it seems both refer to the same.Śūnyatā (Sanskrit: शून्यता, romanized: śūnyatā; Pali: suññatā) pronounced in English as /ʃuːnˈjɑː.tɑː/ (shoon-ya-ta), translated most often as emptiness, vacuity, and sometimes voidness, is a Buddhist concept which has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Voidness as in MN 121 & 122
In my opinion, the contemplation on emptiness is a Vipassana meditation hence it is not Jhana.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Voidness as in MN 121 & 122
Neither perception and nor non-perception is the highest Arupavacara Jhana.
Cessation of perception and feeling (Nirodha Samapatthi) only the Anagami and Arahant can enter this state.
The way I understand this is not a type of Jhana but a Samadhi.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Voidness as in MN 121 & 122
U are right that it is not Jhana. It is beyond jhanas. There are only four jhanas. One material fourth jhana and four immaterial fourth jhana.