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'''Eternalism''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rtag pa'i lta ba'') - | '''Eternalism''' (Skt. ''nitya dṛṣṭi''; Tib. རྟག་པའི་ལྟ་བ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rtag pa'i lta ba'' or Skt. ''nityānta''; Tib. རྟག་པའི་མཐའ, Wyl. ''rtag pa'i mtha<nowiki>'</nowiki>'') — one of the so-called '[[two extremes]]', eternalism is the belief that there is a permanent and causeless creator of everything; in particular, that one's identity or consciousness has a concrete essence which is independent, everlasting and singular. | ||
There are many different brands of eternalism; they can be classified into three hundred sixty views, sixty-two false positions, eleven systems, and so on. All can, however, be condensed into the [[five tarka]], or speculative systems.<ref>Mipham Rinpoche - Shantarakshita, ''The Adornment of the Middle Way: Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham'', Translated by Padmkara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 2005), p. 217.</ref> | There are many different brands of eternalism; they can be classified into three hundred sixty views, sixty-two false positions, [[eleven systems of Indian philosophy|eleven systems]], and so on. All can, however, be condensed into the [[five tarka schools]], or speculative systems.<ref>Mipham Rinpoche - Shantarakshita, ''The Adornment of the Middle Way: Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham'', Translated by Padmkara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 2005), p. 217.</ref> | ||
===Notes | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
<references/> | *Absolutism (Geshe Thupten Jinpa) | ||
*Permanence (Dharmachakra Translation Committee) | |||
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[[Category:Non-Buddhist Schools]] | [[Category:Non-Buddhist Schools]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:32, 18 April 2018
Eternalism (Skt. nitya dṛṣṭi; Tib. རྟག་པའི་ལྟ་བ་, Wyl. rtag pa'i lta ba or Skt. nityānta; Tib. རྟག་པའི་མཐའ, Wyl. rtag pa'i mtha') — one of the so-called 'two extremes', eternalism is the belief that there is a permanent and causeless creator of everything; in particular, that one's identity or consciousness has a concrete essence which is independent, everlasting and singular.
There are many different brands of eternalism; they can be classified into three hundred sixty views, sixty-two false positions, eleven systems, and so on. All can, however, be condensed into the five tarka schools, or speculative systems.[1]
Alternative Translations
- Absolutism (Geshe Thupten Jinpa)
- Permanence (Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Notes
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche - Shantarakshita, The Adornment of the Middle Way: Shantarakshita's Madhyamakalankara with Commentary by Jamgon Mipham, Translated by Padmkara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 2005), p. 217.