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"Glossary-Definition" is a predefined property of type Text. This property is pre-deployed (also known as special property) and comes with additional administrative privileges but can be used just like any other user-defined property.
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Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true. +
Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for ''rang bzhin''. +
Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab's "analytic tradition" of exegesis of the ''Uttaratantra''; one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana. +
An fully enlightened Buddha is said to have the power to manifest in many forms in order to help the sentient beings. The emanation body of a buddha, as the third of the three bodies of a buddha, refers to the many forms in which a buddha can manifest and which are accessible to ordinary sentient beings. Buddhist scholars present four types of emanation bodies: emanation as supreme being, emanation as rebirth, emanation as artisan and emanation in diverse forms. +
Lacking inherent existence. +
The state of lacking a truly independent existence. +
Freedom from conceptual elaborations. +
The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. +
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According to East Asian Buddhism, the intrinsic enlightenment of all sentient beings. This is obscured by the many stains present in the ''ālayavijñāna''. When these are purified, the natural state of enlightenment is recovered, a status known as "actualized enlightenment." +
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"Ultimate truth" or "absolute truth"; the reality of things as they truly are. +
The second of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter. Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions. +
The first of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the imaginary nature which is falsely projected onto an object out of confusion. +
