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|Glossary-Term=dharmadhātu | |Glossary-Term=dharmadhātu | ||
| + | |Glossary-HoverChoices=dharmadhātu; dharmadhatu | ||
|Glossary-Tibetan=ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ | |Glossary-Tibetan=ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ | ||
|Glossary-Wylie=chos dbyings | |Glossary-Wylie=chos dbyings | ||
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|Glossary-Sanskrit=dharmadhātu | |Glossary-Sanskrit=dharmadhātu | ||
|Glossary-Chinese=法界 | |Glossary-Chinese=法界 | ||
| + | |Glossary-English=expanse of phenomena | ||
|Glossary-EnglishRB=basic space of phenomena | |Glossary-EnglishRB=basic space of phenomena | ||
|Glossary-EnglishJH=sphere of reality | |Glossary-EnglishJH=sphere of reality | ||
| + | |Glossary-EnglishGD=expanse of reality | ||
|Glossary-EnglishIW=ultimate sphere | |Glossary-EnglishIW=ultimate sphere | ||
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
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|Glossary-Senses=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. | |Glossary-Senses=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. | ||
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=śūnyatā;paramārthasatya | |Glossary-RelatedTerms=śūnyatā;paramārthasatya | ||
| + | |Glossary-EnglishRY=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 | ||
|Glossary-DefinitionTDC=1) stong pa nyid/ ... 2) gzugs kyi phung po la sogs pa phung po lnga'i rang bzhin stong pa nyid gang yin pa/ | |Glossary-DefinitionTDC=1) stong pa nyid/ ... 2) gzugs kyi phung po la sogs pa phung po lnga'i rang bzhin stong pa nyid gang yin pa/ | ||
| + | |Glossary-DefinitionOther=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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 15 January 2020
| 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. |