Two Truths doctrine

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The Two Truths doctrine is a central Buddhist philosophical teaching that distinguishes between conventional, everyday reality and ultimate, emptiness-based reality to explain how things can function while lacking inherent existence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist philosophical doctrine ⓘ
Madhyamaka doctrine ⓘ
doctrine of truth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs doctrine of two truths ⓘ
dve satye ⓘ
satya-dvaya ⓘ
two levels of truth ⓘ
associatedWith Middle Way (Madhyamaka) ⓘ
linked to: Middle Way

Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka ⓘ
Svātantrika Madhyamaka ⓘ
centralIdea distinction between conventional and ultimate reality ⓘ
compatibleWith everyday linguistic conventions ⓘ
moral responsibility on the conventional level ⓘ
coreConceptOf Madhyamaka ⓘ
Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
denies ultimate inherent existence of phenomena ⓘ
developedBy Nāgārjuna ⓘ
linked to: Nagarjuna
explains how things can function while lacking inherent existence ⓘ
expoundedIn Mūlamadhyamakakārikā ⓘ
goalWithin clarifying path to enlightenment ⓘ
hasComponent conventional truth ⓘ
ultimate truth ⓘ
hasDebateOn epistemic versus ontological interpretation ⓘ
relationship between the two truths ⓘ
status of conventional truth ⓘ
influenced East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Yogācāra-Madhyamaka syntheses ⓘ
comparative philosophy of religion ⓘ
modern Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
interpretedBy Bhāviveka ⓘ
Candrakīrti ⓘ
Tsongkhapa ⓘ
linked to: Je Tsongkhapa

Śāntarakṣita ⓘ
originatedIn Indian Buddhism ⓘ
relatedConcept four noble truths (as conventionally true) ⓘ
non-foundationalism in Buddhist thought ⓘ
two levels of reality ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
teaches conventional truth concerns everyday, functional reality ⓘ
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ
phenomena lack svabhāva ⓘ
ultimate truth concerns emptiness of inherent existence ⓘ
usedToExplain compatibility of emptiness and conventional causality ⓘ
dependent origination ⓘ
non-duality of samsara and nirvana ⓘ

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East Asian Buddhism → coreDoctrine → Two Truths doctrine ⓘ
Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) → relatedConcept → two truths doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Hossō → coreDoctrine → two truths doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Tiantai school → doctrine → Threefold Truth ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Śūnyatāsaptati → associatedConcept → two truths doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Candrakīrti → philosophicalPosition → two truths doctrine (conventional and ultimate) ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine
Tiantai patriarchs → coreDoctrine → Threefold Truth ⓘ
linked to: Two Truths doctrine