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'''Three natures''' (Skt. ''trisvabhāva''; [[wyl.]] ''mtshan nyid gsum'' or ''rang bzhin gsum'') - the three categories into which the followers of the [[Mind Only]] school divide all phenomena:
'''Three natures''' (Skt. ''trisvabhāva''; [[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''' (Skt. Parikalpita; [[Wyl.]] ''kun btags'')
#'''Dependent''' (Skt. Paratantra; [[wyl.]] ''gzhan dbang'')
#'''Dependent''' (Skt. Paratantra; [[Wyl.]] ''gzhan dbang'')
#'''Truly Existent''' (Skt. Pariniṣpanna; [[wyl.]] ''yongs grub'')
#'''Truly Existent''' (Skt. Pariniṣpanna; [[Wyl.]] ''yongs grub'')


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==

Revision as of 13:51, 6 October 2008

Three natures (Skt. trisvabhāva; 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; Wyl. kun btags)
  2. Dependent (Skt. Paratantra; Wyl. gzhan dbang)
  3. Truly Existent (Skt. Pariniṣpanna; Wyl. yongs grub)

Alternative Translations

  • Imagined, Other-dependent & Consummate (Jay L. Garfield)

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