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'''Two truths'''. Everything has an absolute (''döndam'' [Tib.], or absolute truth, ''döndam denpa'' [Tib.]) and a relative aspect (''kunzob'' [Tib.], or relative truth, ''kunzob denpa'' [Tib.]). 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. | '''Two truths'''. Everything has an absolute (''döndam'' [Tib.], or absolute truth, ''döndam denpa'' [Tib.]) and a relative aspect (''kunzob'' [Tib.], or relative truth, ''kunzob denpa'' [Tib.]). 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. | ||
===External Links=== | |||
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/two_truths.html An Instruction on the View of the Mahayana Clarifying the Two Truths by Patrul Rinpoche] | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 9 January 2007
Two truths. Everything has an absolute (döndam [Tib.], or absolute truth, döndam denpa [Tib.]) and a relative aspect (kunzob [Tib.], or relative truth, kunzob denpa [Tib.]). 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.