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ངོ་བོ་ཉིད། | Glossary of Terms
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ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- རང་བཞིན།
- ngo bo nyid
- rang bzhin
- svabhāva
- Term
This term denotes the ontological status of phenomena, according to which they are said to possess existence in their own right—inherently, in and of themselves, objectively, and independent of any other phenomena such as our conception and labelling. The absence of such an ontological reality is defined as the true nature of reality, emptiness.
- essential nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
- essential nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
- essential nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
- intrinsic nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- རང་བཞིན།
- ngo bo nyid
- rang bzhin
- svabhāva
This term denotes the ontological status of phenomena, according to which they are said to possess existence in their own right—inherently, in and of themselves, objectively, and independent of any other phenomena such as our conception and labelling. The absence of such an ontological reality is defined as the true nature of reality, emptiness. Also rendered here as “basic nature.”
- intrinsic nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
- intrinsic nature
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
This term denotes the ontological status of phenomena, according to which they are said to possess existence in their own right—inherently, in and of themselves, objectively, and independent of any other phenomena such as our conception and labelling. The absence of such an ontological reality is defined as the true nature of reality, emptiness.
- essence
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid
- svabhāva
- essence
- ངོ་བོ་ཉིད།
- ngo bo nyid