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རྟག་པར་ལྟ་བ། | Glossary of Terms
རྟག་པར་ལྟ་བ།
rtag par lta ba
śāśvatadṛṣṭi
- Term
- Eternalism
- རྟག་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- rtag par lta ba
- śāśvatadṛṣṭi
Eternalism is the view that clings to some eternal, truly existent essence called ‘self,’ based on the experience of a collection of, in fact, transitory phenomena.
- Eternalism
- རྟག་པ།
- rtag pa
- śāśvata
A belief that there is some lasting eternal entity, whether a creator god, eternal substance, etc.
- Eternalism
- རྟག་པའི་ལྟ་བ།
- rtag pa’i lta ba
- śāśvatadṛṣṭi
The first of two extreme views that keep one deluded with regard to reality. Eternalism is the view that clings to some eternal, truly existent essence called “self,” based on the experience of a collection of, in fact, transitory phenomena.
- Wrong view of eternalism
- རྟག་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- rtag par lta ba
- śāśvatadṛṣṭi
The wrong view or belief that the self exists in (or as one or all of) the psycho-physical aggregates (Skt. skandhas), or independent from them, and that it lives on unchanged and eternally after death; mentioned together with the “wrong view of annihilation.”