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'''Two truths'''. Everything has an absolute aspect | '''Two truths''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bden pa gnyis'') - Everything has an absolute aspect, or [[absolute truth]], and a relative aspect, or [[relative truth]]. 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 06:08, 3 July 2007
Two truths (Wyl. bden pa gnyis) - Everything has an absolute aspect, or absolute truth, and a relative aspect, or relative truth. 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.