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ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་གསུམ།

  • མཚན་ཉིད་གསུམ།
  • རང་བཞིན་གསུམ།
  • རང་བཞིན་རྣམ་པ་གསུམ།
  • ngo bo nyid gsum
  • mtshan nyid gsum
  • rang bzhin gsum
  • rang bzhin rnam pa gsum
  • trisvabhāva
  • trividhā niḥsvabhāvatā
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • three natures
  • ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་གསུམ།
  • མཚན་ཉིད་གསུམ།
  • རང་བཞིན་གསུམ།
  • ngo bo nyid gsum
  • mtshan nyid gsum
  • rang bzhin gsum
  • trisvabhāva
  • trividhā niḥsvabhāvatā
Definition in this text:

These comprise the imaginary, dependent, and consummate essenceless natures, which are elaborated particularly in the discourses associated with the third turning of the wheel. They are not directly discussed in this text but are similar to explanations in the Maitreya Chapter (chapter 72) and are also used as an underlying analytical key in some commentaries. See introduction UT22084-026-001-175.

  • three natures
  • རང་བཞིན་རྣམ་པ་གསུམ།
  • rang bzhin rnam pa gsum
  • trisvabhāva
  • 三種根性
Definition in this text:

These comprise the imputed, dependent, and ultimately real natures, which are elaborated particularly in the discourses associated with the third turning of the wheel.

  • three natures
  • རང་བཞིན་གསུམ།
  • rang bzhin gsum
  • trisvabhāva
Definition in this text:

The three natures provide a full description of a phenomenon, namely: the imaginary (Skt. parikalpita, Tib. kun brtags), the dependent or other-powered (Skt. paratantra, Tib. gzhan dbang), and the thoroughly established or final outcome (Skt. pariniṣpanna, Tib. yongs su grub pa); alternatively, they are imaginary, conceptualized (Skt. vikalpita, Tib. rnam par brtags pa), and true dharmic nature (Skt. dharmatā, Tib. chos nyid). This terminology is characteristic of Yogācāra discourse.