Difference between revisions of "Prajñaptir upādāya"
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{{Seealso|Pratītyasamutpāda}} | {{Seealso|Pratītyasamutpāda}} | ||
| − | Dependent designation (from Sanskrit: prajñaptir upādāya; Tibetan: བརྟེན་ནས་གདགས་པ, Wylie: rten ne dag pa; Chinese: 假名; pinyin: jia-ming) is an important [[doctrine]] of [[Madhyamika]] [[Buddhism]]. | + | Dependent designation (from [[Sanskrit]]: [[prajñaptir upādāya]]; [[Tibetan]]: བརྟེན་ནས་གདགས་པ, Wylie: rten ne dag pa; {{Wiki|Chinese}}: 假名; pinyin: jia-ming) is an important [[doctrine]] of [[Madhyamika]] [[Buddhism]]. |
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The term was coined (or appeared to coined) by [[Nagarjuna]] in 28:18 of the [[Mūlamadhyamakakārikā]]. It became important, and was championed by, [[Candrakirti]] and his followers. | The term was coined (or appeared to coined) by [[Nagarjuna]] in 28:18 of the [[Mūlamadhyamakakārikā]]. It became important, and was championed by, [[Candrakirti]] and his followers. | ||
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:Whatever is [[Pratītyasamutpāda|dependently co-arisen]]<br> | :Whatever is [[Pratītyasamutpāda|dependently co-arisen]]<br> | ||
:That is explained to be [[Śūnyatā|emptiness]].<br /> | :That is explained to be [[Śūnyatā|emptiness]].<br /> | ||
| − | :That, being a '''dependent designation''',<br /> | + | :That, [[being]] a '''dependent designation''',<br /> |
:Is itself the [[middle way]]. | :Is itself the [[middle way]]. | ||
| − | :: | + | ::—[[Nagarjuna]], ''[[Mūlamadhyamakakārikā]]'' 24:18 |
| − | Dependent designation is one of the 'three dependencies' asserted by the Madhaymikas, the others being [[dependent arising]], which relates to the concept that all existents arise from causes, and dependence upon parts - that all existents are composite. Each of these dependencies are used, separately and together, to help establish an understanding of [[sunyata]], the absence of inherent existence, which is the third of the [[three marks of existence]]. | + | Dependent designation is one of the 'three dependencies' asserted by the Madhaymikas, the others [[being]] [[dependent arising]], which relates to the {{Wiki|concept}} that all [[existents]] arise from [[causes]], and dependence upon parts - that all [[existents]] are composite. Each of these dependencies are used, separately and together, to help establish an understanding of [[sunyata]], the absence of inherent [[existence]], which is the third of the [[three marks of existence]]. |
| − | ''Phenomena are merely imputed by terms and conceptuality in dependence upon their basis of imputation.'' (Dalai Lama (1992). The Meaning of Life, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins. Wisdom. p. 36) | + | ''[[Phenomena]] are merely imputed by terms and conceptuality in dependence upon their basis of imputation.'' ([[Dalai Lama]] (1992). The Meaning of [[Life]], translated and edited by [[Jeffrey Hopkins]]. [[Wisdom]]. p. 36) |
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Dependent designation (from Sanskrit: prajñaptir upādāya; Tibetan: བརྟེན་ནས་གདགས་པ, Wylie: rten ne dag pa; Chinese: 假名; pinyin: jia-ming) is an important doctrine of Madhyamika Buddhism.
The term was coined (or appeared to coined) by Nagarjuna in 28:18 of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. It became important, and was championed by, Candrakirti and his followers.
- Whatever is dependently co-arisen
- That is explained to be emptiness.
- That, being a dependent designation,
- Is itself the middle way.
- —Nagarjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 24:18
Dependent designation is one of the 'three dependencies' asserted by the Madhaymikas, the others being dependent arising, which relates to the concept that all existents arise from causes, and dependence upon parts - that all existents are composite. Each of these dependencies are used, separately and together, to help establish an understanding of sunyata, the absence of inherent existence, which is the third of the three marks of existence.
Phenomena are merely imputed by terms and conceptuality in dependence upon their basis of imputation. (Dalai Lama (1992). The Meaning of Life, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins. Wisdom. p. 36)
