| Key Term | paratantrasvabhāva |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | gzhan dbang gi rang bzhin |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | परतन्त्रस्वभाव |
| Romanized Sanskrit | paratantrasvabhāva |
| English Standard | dependent nature |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | other-powered nature |
| Basic Meaning | The second of the three natures, according to the Cittamātra school. |
| Definitions | |
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 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.
According to the Yogācāra school, all phenomena can be divided into three natures or characteristics: the imaginary nature (parikalpitasvabhāva), the dependent nature (paratantrasvabhāva), and the perfect or absolute nature (pariniṣpannasvabhāva).