knowing or understanding, specifically of the actual way in which things exist; the realizations leading to the attainment of the truth body (dharmakāya) of a buddha. +
the dependent and relational character of phenomena; any phenomenon so characterized. Establishing things as dependent arisings - i.e. as dependent upon parts, causes and mental imputation for their existence - overcomes the false view of their being inherently self-existent. +
one who has removed every gross and subtle obscuration veiling the mind and has developed all good qualities, such as wisdom, compassion and skilful means, to the full. +
a school of Buddhist philosophy formulated by Nāgārjuna, Chandrakīrti and others on the basis of the ''Perfection of Wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) Sutras'' of the Buddha. It emphasizes the voidness of all phenomena through a radical denial of any notions such as substance, essence, and inherent existence. Through understanding voidness one is freed from the ignorance that keeps one bound to samsara. +
those paths of Buddhist thought and practice stressing the attainment of individual or self-liberation from the sufferings of cyclic existence; the so-called lesser vehicle. +
the various mental and physical constituents of conditioned existence, specifically of the person.the various mental and physical constituents of conditioned existence, specifically of the person. +