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མེད་པ། | Glossary of Terms
མེད་པ།
med pa
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- Term
Publications: 2
Translation by Adam T. Miller
- Nonexistent
- མེད་པ།
- med pa
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In this sūtra, this term refers to the lack of a particular mode of existence. Insofar as all dharmas are empty, they lack inherent or independent existence. It is in this sense that such things as the eye are said to be nonexistent in this sūtra.
Translation by Gareth Sparham
- Not a state of being
- མེད་པ།
- med pa
- asattva