Key Terms/Niḥsvabhāvatā
From Bodhicitta
निःस्वभावता niḥsvabhāvatā
absence of own being
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit - Noun
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
The state of lacking a truly independent existence.
In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit
निःस्वभावता
niḥsvabhāvatā
How translators render it
absence of own beingBuddha-nature Standard
essencelessnessIves Waldo
2·Explore
Has the sense of
Since phenomena are dependent on causes and conditions, their mode of being is generally characterized as an absence of self-nature or personally distinct essence.
In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ཉིད་
ngo bo nyid med pa nyid
Sanskrit
निःस्वभावता
niḥsvabhāvatā
How translators render it
absence of own beingBuddha-nature Standard
essencelessnessIves Waldo
In the dictionaries
Tshig mdzod chen mo
yongs grub kyi ming ste/ bdag gi ngo bo nyid du ma grub pa/
Term type
Noun
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
niḥsvabhāvatā
