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''' | '''Absolute''' (Tib. ''döndam''; [[Wyl.]] ''don dam''), or [[absolute truth]] (Tib. ''döndam denpa'') — everything has an absolute and a relative aspect: the absolute or ultimate is the inherent nature of everything, how things really are; the conventional or relative is how things appear. In the teachings, these are known as ‘the [[two truths]]’, but they are not to be understood as two separate dimensions, rather as two aspects of a single reality. | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, 18 July 2009
Absolute (Tib. döndam; Wyl. don dam), or absolute truth (Tib. döndam denpa) — everything has an absolute and a relative aspect: the absolute or ultimate is the inherent nature of everything, how things really are; the conventional or relative is how things appear. In the teachings, these are known as ‘the two truths’, but they are not to be understood as two separate dimensions, rather as two aspects of a single reality.