Sagarmatha Zone
Sagarmāthā Zone took its name from the Nepalese name for Mount Everest, which is located in the very north of the zone within the Sagarmatha National Park (1,148 km²) in the Solu Khumbu district. Sagarmāthā means "the Head in the Great Blue Sky".List of districts of Nepal
Śūnyatā
The Prajñāpāramitā (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutras taught that all entities, including "dharmas", are empty of self, essential core, or intrinsic nature ("svabhava"), being only conceptual existents or constructs. The notion of prajña (wisdom, knowledge) presented in these sutras is a deep non-conceptual understanding of emptiness. The Prajñāpāramitā sutras also use various metaphors to explain the nature of things as emptiness, stating that things are like “illusions” ("māyā") and “dreams” ("svapna"). The "Astasahasrika Prajñaparamita," possibly the earliest of these sutras"," states:If he knows the five aggregates as like an illusion, But makes not illusion one thing, and the aggregates another; If, freed from the notion of multiple things, he courses in peace— Then that is his practice of wisdom, the highest perfection.Perceiving dharmas and beings like an illusion ("māyādharmatām") is termed the "great armor" ("mahāsaṃnaha") of the Bodhisattva, who is also termed the 'illusory man' ("māyāpuruṣa"). The "Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra" adds the following similes to describe how all conditioned things are to be contemplated: like a bubble, a shadow, like dew or a flash of lightning. In the worldview of these sutras, though we perceive a world of concrete and discrete objects, these objects are "empty" of the identity imputed by their designated labels. In that sense, they are deceptive and like an illusion. The Perfection of Wisdom texts constantly repeat that nothing can be found to ultimately exist in some fundamental way. This applies even to the highest Buddhist concepts (bodhisattvas, bodhicitta, and even prajña itself). Even nirvana itself is said to be empty and like a dream or magical illusion.