Property:Glossary-Senses
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The selflessness of phenomena. +
Since phenomena are dependent on causes and conditions, their mode of being is generally characterized as an absence of self-nature or personally distinct essence. +
That which is unadulterated by the complexities or artifice of thought patterns. +
The unadulterated truth, in the sense of something that is taught explicitly without any underlying intention or need for further interpretation. +
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The natural state of enlightenment that is obscured by the adventitious stains. +
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Reality as it appears to an enlightened being, in which all phenomena are perceived to be empty of an individual, permanent essence. This is contrasted to the "relative truth" as experienced by unenlightened beings. +
The relatively dependent nature of phenomena and the consciousness that perceives them. +
The artificial and mistaken perception of phenomena as being something which they are not. +
Of the three natures, this one is representative of the ultimate truth. +
This is the type of negation most commonly used by proponents of other-emptiness. For instance, by denying the existence of adventitious stains, they imply the presence of enlightened qualities. +
The natural radiance of mind. +
Radiance, brilliance, or effulgence. +
One of the most important terms in Buddhist philosophy, ''prajñā'', or ''sherab'' in Tibetan, has the sense of "higher knowing" or "special insight." This is the ''prajñā'' in ''prajñāpāramitā'', and it is associated with the wisdom that perceives/knows the actual nature of reality. See also ''jñāna''. +
The term itself references a type of intelligence, discernment, or knowledge that embodies the insight which transcends the notions of the three spheres of agent, object, and action. +
The term has the sense of being valid, authentic or standard. In Buddhist epistemology, a correct cognition is considered to be the most authentic knowledge or accurate measure of the way things are. +
This is the type of negation that is associated with the classical Madhyamaka presentation of emptiness, in which that absence is taken literally. It is typical of the philosophical position that became known as self-emptiness. +
According to Dan Martin, it "seems to mean rather a kind of friendly opposition, an antidote, a harmony restorer." +
Because the pratyekabuddhas work on their own to seek enlightenment for themselves, they are considered as self-centred, but because they are superior to the śrāvakas but inferior to the buddhas in their calibre, they are called middling buddhas. +
In Madhyamaka thought it is used to describe the relative level of the truth. Since phenomena come into being interdependently at this level, they are therefore empty of inherent existence at the ultimate level. +
Moral-ethical disciplinary rules that act as a restraint on one's behavior due to their requirements to abide by a specific code of conduct. +