परतन्त्रस्वभाव paratantrasvabhāva
dependent nature
གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་
gzhan dbang gi rang bzhin
Sanskrit - Noun
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Basic Meaning
The second of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the dependent nature that is used to describe the relationship between mind and its objects, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter. Hence, this nature is concerned with the nature of seemingly external objects that arise in dependence upon causes and conditions.
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Has the sense of
The relatively dependent nature of phenomena and the consciousness that perceives them.
In other languages
Tibetan
གཞན་དབང་གི་རང་བཞིན་
gzhan dbang gi rang bzhin
zhenwang gi rangzhin
Sanskrit
परतन्त्रस्वभाव
paratantrasvabhāva
How translators render it
dependent natureBuddha-nature Standard, Karl Brunnhölzl
other-powered natureJeffrey Hopkins
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