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|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 20 - 21: In Sanskrit, “nonduality”; one of the common synonyms for the highest teachings of Buddhism and one of the foundational principles of the Mahāyāna presentation of doctrine. Nonduality refers to the definitive awareness achieved through enlightenment, which transcends all of the conventional dichotomies into which compounded existence is divided (right and wrong, good and evil, etc.). Most specifically, nondual knowledge (advayajñāna) transcends the subject-object bifurcation that governs all conventional States of consciousness and engenders a distinctive type of awareness that no longer requires an object of consciousness.
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Key Term advaya
In Tibetan Script གཉིས་མེད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration gnyis med
Devanagari Sanskrit Script अद्वयम्
Romanized Sanskrit advaya
Chinese Pinyin bu’er
Japanese Transliteration funi
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term nondual
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term non-duality; non-dualistic
Alternate Spellings gnyis su med pa
Term Type Adjective
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning nondual
Has the Sense of ultimate truth
Definitions
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism See page 20 - 21: In Sanskrit, “nonduality”; one of the common synonyms for the highest teachings of Buddhism and one of the foundational principles of the Mahāyāna presentation of doctrine. Nonduality refers to the definitive awareness achieved through enlightenment, which transcends all of the conventional dichotomies into which compounded existence is divided (right and wrong, good and evil, etc.). Most specifically, nondual knowledge (advayajñāna) transcends the subject-object bifurcation that governs all conventional States of consciousness and engenders a distinctive type of awareness that no longer requires an object of consciousness.
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term inseparable, nondual, nonduality, indivisible, not two.

Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.

"Ultimate truth" or "absolute truth"; the reality of things as they truly are.

Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.

Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.

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