Abhūtaparikalpa
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Abhūtaparikalpa (T. yang dag par ma yin pa'i kun rtog ཡང་དག་པར་མ་ཡིན་པའི་ཀུན་རྒོཏ་; C. xuwang fenbie 妄分別),[1][2] or false imagining,[2] is a key concept of the Yogacara school that is used to describe the three natures.
The term refers to the tendency to project a dualistic view of an object of perception (grāhya) and an agent of perception (grāhaka). See grāhya-grāhaka.
Abhūtaparikalpa is a key term in the Madhyantavibhaga and its related commentaries.
Alternate translations
- false imagining (Buswell)
- false imagination (Padmakara, "Middle Beyond Extremes")
References
- ↑ Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Middle Beyond Extremes, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Abhūtaparikalpa
Further reading
- Buddhism: Abhidharma and Madhyamaka. Taylor & Francis. p. 232-235, 270.
- Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Middle Beyond Extremes, 2006