Tenet system Sautrantika (Assertion on the object) Flashcards
Definition of object
That which is to be cognized by an awareness
Definition of phenomena
That which is suitable as the object of the mind
What is mutually inclusive (synonymous) with object (Sautrantika)
Object ཤེས་བྱ།,
Existence ཡོད་པ།
Phenomena ཆོས་པ།
Established base གཞི་གྲུབ།
Devisions of object (Sautrantika)
- Two truth
- Specifically characterized
Generally characterized
(Prasangika reject specifically characterized phenomena) - Negative phenomena
Positive phenomena - Manifest phenomena
Hidden phenomena - Three times
- Oneness
Differentness
Sautrantika definition of ultimate truth
The definition of ultimate truth: a (substantial) phenomenon, which from one’s own side, sustains the analysis of wisdom, independent of (conceptual/subjective) imputation by labels and thoughts.
Sautrantika definition of conventional truth
The definition of conventional truth: a phenomena, which exists through mere imputation by thoughts.
What is synonymous with conventional truth (Sautrantika)?
Non-functional phenomena་དངོས་མེད།,
something which can not function to give rise to a result or which can not be produced by causes
Conventional truth ཀུན་རྫོབ་བདེན་པ།,
It is not a substantial object
Generally characterized object སྤྱི་མཚན།,
has no specific characteristics
Permanent་རྟག་པ།,
something which has no substance and does not undergo change
Non-composite phenomena འདུས་མ་བྱས།,
no substance therefore non composite
Deceptively established [phenomenon]
no truly substantial object is there
==> are synonymous.
What is synonymous with ultimate truth (Sautrantika)?
Functional phenomena དངོས་པོ།,
Things that can function to give rise to a result and to be produced by causes.
Ultimate truth དོན་དམ་བདེན་པ།,
Something that ultimately exist from the object as substance (not coming from conceptual thought)
Self-characterized object རང་མཚན,
Substance with it’s own self characteristics
Impermanence མི་རྟག་པ།,
A substance must be there to undergo change (without substance no change)
Composite phenomena འདུས་བྱས།,
Substance which has many components coming together
Truly established གཞི་གྲུབ།
Phenomena are really there not just mentally created
==> are mutually inclusive (synonymous)
What is bare reality for Sautrantika?
Substantial existence
All conceptual minds are what (sautrantika)?
Deceptive minds (Thoughts)
What are mentally imputed permanent phenomena?
It exists solely by mental imputation = by the power of the conceptual mind as opposed to substance
What is deceptive and what is not deceptive for Prasangika versa Sautrantika?
Prasangika:
Deceptive: every phenomena
Not deceptive: emptiness
Sautrantika:
Deceptive: All what is seen by the conceptual mind.
Non composite space is only seen as true by the conceptual (deceptive) mind. It is not true on the substance level, so it is deceptive.
What is Non composite space? (Sautrantika)
= conventional truth
= permanent phenomena
= deceptively established phenomena
