Saṃvṛti
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saṃvṛti [alt. saṁvṛti] (P. sammuti; T. kun rdzob ཀུན་རྫོབ་; C. shisu/su 世俗/俗). Translated as "covering," "covering up," "concealment," "suppression," etc.[1] Also as: "conventional," "relative," "conventionally true," etc.[2] Also as: "everyday understanding," "mundane," "ordinary," "worldly," "secular," "unenlightened," etc.[3]
Hopkins (1992) states:
- kun rdzob is etymologized three ways:
- as convention (tha snyad, vyavahAra);
- as mutual dependence (phan tshun brten pa, parasparasaMbhavana); and
- as concealer (sgrib byed, samantAdvaraNa).
- In the context of the two truths the third etymology is predominant in the Mind-Only and Middle Way Schools in the sense that non-ultimate phenomena seem to be truths for an ignorant consciousness that conceals reality and thus are "concealer-truths."[4]
See also: saṃvṛtisatya ("conventional truth")
Notes
- ↑
samvrti, Wisdom Library
- ↑
kun_rdzob, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
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世俗, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
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ཀུན་རྫོབ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
External links
- kun_rdzob, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki