Tathatā
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Key Term | tathatā |
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Hover Popup Choices | suchness |
In Tibetan Script | དེ་བཞིན་ཉིད་ |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | de bzhin nyid |
Devanagari Sanskrit Script | तथता |
Romanized Sanskrit | tathatā |
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | day zhin nyi |
English Standard | suchness |
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | suchness |
Richard Barron's English Term | suchness itself |
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | thusness; suchness |
Gyurme Dorje's English Term | reality; absolute reality; suchness; actual truth; real nature |
Term Type | Noun |
Source Language | Sanskrit |
Basic Meaning | Suchness itself, absolute reality, or thusness, as in the ultimate state of being of phenomena. |
Has the Sense of | A synonym for emptiness or the nature of things, dharmatā; it can also be used to describe the unity of dependent origination and emptiness. (Source: Erik Pema Kunsang, Lamp of Mahamudra, 1989.) |
Related Terms | dharmatā |
Definitions | |
Tshig mdzod Chen mo | spros pa dang bral ba'i chos kyi dbyings so |
sutra/śastra quote: |
Since the perfect buddhakaya radiates, Since suchness is undifferentiable, And because of the disposition, All beings always possess the buddha heart. Ratnagotravibhāga, Verse I.28 |
sutra/śastra quote source: | When the Clouds Part, Brunnhölzl, 356–57. |
Usage Example |
संबुद्धकायस्फरणात् तथताव्यतिभेदतः |