Yathābhūta

yathābhūta (T. yang dag pa ji lta ba bzhin du ཡང་དག་པ་ཇི་ལྟ་བ་བཞིན་དུ་) is translated as "in accord with reality," "in accord with the way things are," "conformity with the truth," etc.

The 84000 glossary states:

Yathā means “in accordance”/“just as,” and bhūta is a participle from the root bhū, which can mean “to exist” or “to come into existence.”

The term yathābhūta is a key term in Buddhist texts, indicating the way things are, the nature of things, etc. It is usually used adverbially, indicating the way in which someone cognizes.

Related terms

• yathābhūta-darśana - seeing (darśana) things as they truly are (yathābhūta)
• yathābhūta-jñāna-darśana (yathābhūta-ñāna-dassana) - knowledge and vision of things as they are

Sources

• Dunne, John (2005), "Mahayana Philosophical Schools of Buddhism", Encyclopedia of Religion, encyclopedia.com 

External links

• yang_dag_pa_ji_lta_ba_bzhin_du, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
• http://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Yath%C4%81bh%C5%ABta
• https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yathabhuta
• https://puredhamma.net/living-dhamma/rupa-aggregate/bhuta-and-yathabhuta-what-do-they-really-mean/