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བདེན་པ། | Glossary of Terms
བདེན་པ།
bden pa
satya
- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Rebecca Hufen · Shanshan Jia
- Reality
- བདེན་པ།
- bden pa
- satya
Refers in this text to the Buddhist distinction between relative and ultimate. Relative reality refers to the world of reified entities that are believed to have essential existence, whereas ultimate reality refers to the emptiness or lack of inherent existence in all phenomena.
Translation by Gregory Forgues
- Truth
- བདེན་པ།
- bden pa
- satya
See the “two truths” and “four noble truths.”