Dharmatā
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Dharmatā (T. chos nyid ཆོས་ཉིད་; C. faxing 法性). The instrinsic nature of phenomena. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with terms such as tathatā, shunyata, etc.[1]
Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:
- The real nature, true quality, or condition of things. Throughout Buddhist discourse this term is used in two distinct ways. In one, it designates the relative nature that is either the essential characteristic of a specific phenomenon, such as the heat of fire and the moisture of water, or the defining feature of a specific term or category. The other very important and widespread way it is used is to designate the ultimate nature of all phenomena, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms and is often synonymous with emptiness or the absence of intrinsic existence.[2]
Alternative translations
- absolute nature
- intrinsic nature of reality
- intrinsic reality
- reality
Notes
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. dharmatā
- ↑
Glossary of Terms, s.v. chos nyid, 84000 Collection
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Further reading
Dharmata, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki- chos_nyid, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Dharmata, Rigpa Shedra Wiki- Oxford Reference: dharmatā
- Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. dharmatā
