84000 Glossary of Terms

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དབེན་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད། | Glossary of Terms

  • དབེན་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད།

  • dben pa’i mtshan nyid
  • Term
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  • nature of being devoid of a defining characteristic
  • དབེན་པའི་མཚན་ཉིད།
  • dben pa’i mtshan nyid
Definition in this text:

A phrase used in the text with respect to applying the concept of emptiness to the body (kāya) to all things (sarvadharma), as well as to the realm of reality (dharmadhātu). Although not attested in the Sanskrit manuscript, the Sanskrit compound is understood here to be vigata­lakṣanatā.