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A '''non-entity''' (Tib. [[དངོས་མེད་]]; Wyl. ''dngos med'') is defined as "something incapable of performing a function".<ref>''don byed nus stong''</ref>
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A [[non-entity]] (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[དངོས་མེད]]་}}; [[Wyl.]] ''[[dngos med]]'') is defined as "[[something incapable of performing a function]]".<ref>''[[don byed nus stong]]''</ref>
  
 
==Subdivisions==
 
==Subdivisions==
It is divided into existent non-entities, such as [[space]], and non-existent non-entities, like the horns of a rabbit.
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It is divided into [[existent]] non-entities, such as [[space]], and {{Wiki|non-existent}} non-entities, like the horns of a {{Wiki|rabbit}}.
  
 
==Alternative Translations==
 
==Alternative Translations==
*Non-thing
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*[[Non-thing]]
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==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 30 August 2014

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A non-entity (Tib. དངོས་མེད; Wyl. dngos med) is defined as "something incapable of performing a function".[1]

Subdivisions

It is divided into existent non-entities, such as space, and non-existent non-entities, like the horns of a rabbit.

Alternative Translations

Footnotes

Source

RigpaWiki:Non-entity