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'''Three natures''' ([[wyl.]] ''mtshan nyid gsum'') - the three categories into which the followers of the [[Mind Only]] school divide all phenomena:
[[image:Vasubandhu.JPG|thumb|[[Vasubandhu]], author of ''[[Treatise on the Three Natures]]'']]
'''Three natures''' (Skt. ''trilakṣana'' or ''trisvabhāva''; Tib. མཚན་ཉིད་གསུམ, ''tsennyi sum'', or  རང་བཞིན་གསུམ་, ''rangshyin sum''; [[Wyl.]] ''mtshan nyid gsum'' or ''rang bzhin gsum'') the three categories into which the followers of the [[Mind Only]] school divide all [[phenomena]]:


#'''Imputed''' (Skt. Parikalpita; [[wyl.]] ''kun btags'')
#[[Imputed nature|Imputed]] (Skt. ''parikalpita''; Tib. [[ཀུན་བརྟགས་]], Wyl. ''kun btags'')
#'''Dependent''' (Skt. Paratantra; [[wyl.]] ''gzhan dbang'')
#[[Dependent nature|Dependent]] (Skt. ''paratantra''; Tib. [[གཞན་དབང་]], Wyl. ''gzhan dbang'')
#'''Truly Existent''' (Skt. Pariniṣpanna; [[wyl.]] ''yongs grub'')
#[[Truly existent nature|Truly Existent]] (Skt. ''pariniṣpanna''; Tib. [[ཡོངས་གྲུབ་]], Wyl. ''yongs grub'')


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==
*Imaginary, Other-dependent & Perfect (Karl Brunnhölzl)
*Imagined, Other-dependent & Consummate (Jay L. Garfield)
*Imagined, Other-dependent & Consummate (Jay L. Garfield)
*Imputation, Dependence & the Absolute ([[Lama Chökyi Nyima]])


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Jay L. Garfield, 'Vasubandhu's Treatise on the Three Natures' in ''Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation'', Oxford University Press, 2002
*Garfield, Jay L. 'Vasubandhu's Treatise on the Three Natures' in ''Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation'', Oxford University Press, 2002
*Karr, Andy. ''Contemplating Reality'' (Boston: Shambala Publications, 2007), Chapter 9


==Internal Links==
*[[Treatise on the Three Natures]]


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Revision as of 15:35, 13 February 2018

Vasubandhu, author of Treatise on the Three Natures

Three natures (Skt. trilakṣana or trisvabhāva; Tib. མཚན་ཉིད་གསུམ, tsennyi sum, or རང་བཞིན་གསུམ་, rangshyin sum; Wyl. mtshan nyid gsum or rang bzhin gsum) — the three categories into which the followers of the Mind Only school divide all phenomena:

  1. Imputed (Skt. parikalpita; Tib. ཀུན་བརྟགས་, Wyl. kun btags)
  2. Dependent (Skt. paratantra; Tib. གཞན་དབང་, Wyl. gzhan dbang)
  3. Truly Existent (Skt. pariniṣpanna; Tib. ཡོངས་གྲུབ་, Wyl. yongs grub)

Alternative Translations

  • Imaginary, Other-dependent & Perfect (Karl Brunnhölzl)
  • Imagined, Other-dependent & Consummate (Jay L. Garfield)
  • Imputation, Dependence & the Absolute (Lama Chökyi Nyima)

Further Reading

  • Garfield, Jay L. 'Vasubandhu's Treatise on the Three Natures' in Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation, Oxford University Press, 2002
  • Karr, Andy. Contemplating Reality (Boston: Shambala Publications, 2007), Chapter 9

Internal Links