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'''Eternalism''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rtag pa'i lta ba'')- 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.<br> | '''Eternalism''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rtag pa'i lta ba'') - 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.<br> | ||
There are many different brands of eternalism; they can be classified into three hundred sixty views, sixty-two false positions, eleven | 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> | ||
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> | |||
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Revision as of 08:59, 12 June 2008
Eternalism (Wyl. rtag pa'i lta ba) - 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.[1]
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.