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དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ། | Glossary of Terms
དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
dngos po med pa
abhāva
- Term
- Absence of an existing thing
- དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
- dngos po med pa
- abhāva
- Absence of entities
- དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
- dngos po med pa
- —
- Non-entity
- དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
- dngos po med pa
- abhāva
See UT22084-031-002-236.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Nonbeing
- དངོས་མེད།
- dngos med
- abhāva
Also rendered here as “nonexistence.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Nonexistence
- དངོས་མེད།
- མེད།
- dngos med
- med
- abhāva
- nāsti
Also rendered here as “nonbeing.”
- Nonexistent thing
- དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
- དངོས་པོ་མ་མཆིས་པ།
- dngos po med pa
- dngos po ma mchis pa
- abhāva
- Something that does not exist
- དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ།
- dngos po med pa
- abhāva