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ཆད་ལྟ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཆད་པ།
- ཆད་པའི་ལྟ་བ།
- ཆད་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- ཆད་ལྟ།
- chad lta
- chad par lta ba
- chad pa
- chad pa’i lta ba
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
- uccheda
- Term
The extreme philosophical view that rejects rebirth and the law of karma by considering that causes (and thus actions) do not have effects and that the self, being the same as one or all of the aggregates (skandhas), ends at death. Commonly translated as “nihilism” or, more literally, as “view of annihilation.” It is often mentioned along with its opposite view, the extreme of eternalism or permanence.
- nihilism
- ཆད་ལྟ།
- chad lta
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
The belief that nothing exists. One of two extremes of incorrect views.
- nihilism
- ཆད་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- chad par lta ba
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
The second of two extreme views that keep one deluded with regard to reality. Nihilism is a view equally based on clinging to a truly existent essence called 'self.' It is the belief that once this self ends with death, everything associated with it ends. It therefore rejects rebirth and the law of karma, or cause and effect.
- nihilism
- ཆད་པ།
- chad pa
- uccheda
A belief that something may arise without any causes and conditions, that actions have no consequences, etc.
- nihilism
- ཆད་པའི་ལྟ་བ།
- chad pa’i lta ba
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
- annihilation
- ཆད་པ།
- chad pa
- uccheda
- annihilation
- ཆད་པ།
- chad pa
- uccheda
- wrong view of annihilation
- ཆད་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- chad par lta ba
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
The view that holds that causes do not have effects and that the self is the same as one or all of the psycho-physical aggregates (skandhas) and that these are destroyed at death; mentioned together with “wrong view of eternalism” (śāśvatadṛṣṭi).
- wrong view of annihilation
- ཆད་པར་ལྟ་བ།
- chad par lta ba
- ucchedadṛṣṭi
The view that causes (and thus actions) do not have effects, and that the self is the same as one (or all) of the psycho-physical aggregates (Skt. skandhas) and that it is destroyed at death; often mentioned together with “wrong view of eternalism.” Also often translated as “nihilism.”