Dharmadhātu

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Key Term	dharmadhātu
Hover Popup Choices	dharmadhātu; dharmadhatu
In Tibetan Script	ཆོས་དབྱིངས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	chos dbyings
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	धर्मधातु
Romanized Sanskrit	dharmadhātu
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	chöying
Chinese Script	法界
English Standard	expanse of phenomena
Richard Barron's English Term	basic space of phenomena
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	sphere of reality
Gyurme Dorje's English Term	expanse of reality
Ives Waldo's English Term	ultimate sphere
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The fundamental expanse from which all phenomena emerge.
Has the Sense of	The ultimate source of phenomenal appearances, or the basic nature which allows for phenomena to arise in all their multiplicity. It is often treated as a synonym for emptiness and the ultimate truth.
Related Terms	śūnyatā;paramārthasatya
Definitions
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	Dharmadhatu, ultimate sphere, totality of being, total field of events and meanings, the sphere of Dharma, field of all events and meanings, reality field, element of [superior] qualities, dharmadhatu, realm of dharmas, {chos khams}; the dimension of all existence; the expanse of All That Is; the sphere of Dharma, expanse of all events, absolute expanse
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	1) stong pa nyid/ ... 2) gzugs kyi phung po la sogs pa phung po lnga'i rang bzhin stong pa nyid gang yin pa/
Other Definitions	Jeffrey Hopkins' Comment: An equivalent of ultimate truth (don dam bden pa, paramArthasatya) so called because meditation within observing it acts as a cause of the qualities (dharma, chos) of Superiors (Arya, 'phags pa)." Emptiness, being uncaused, is not itself a cause (element), but meditation on it causes the development of marvelous qualities; thus, emptiness comes to be called a cause, an element producing those qualities.

The fundamental expanse from which all phenomena emerge.

The fundamental expanse from which all phenomena emerge.

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

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.