In our investigation of the dh\u0101tu (\u201celement, basic space\u201d) and its synonyms as a central idea in the system of the Book of Dzyan, the term dharmat\u0101 (\u201ctrue nature\u201d) has been brought in as the definition of svabh\u0101va (\u201cinherent nature\u201d), when svabh\u0101va is used in its highest meaning. The Yog\u0101c\u0101ra school of Buddhism speaks of the three svabh\u0101vas: (1) parikalpita svabh\u0101va, the \u201cimagined nature\u201d; (2) paratantra svabh\u0101va, the \u201cdependent nature\u201d; and (3) parini\u1e63panna svabh\u0101va, the \u201cperfect nature\u201d. In the Praj\u00f1\u0101-p\u0101ramit\u0101 or Perfection of Wisdom texts, a similar listing is found in the chapter known as the \u201cQuestions of Maitreya\u201d (maitreya-parip\u1e5bcch\u0101, chapter 72 of the version in 25,000 lines, and chapter 83 of the version in 18,000 lines). There, dharmat\u0101 (\u201ctrue nature\u201d) is the third and highest, corresponding to the parini\u1e63panna svabh\u0101va (\u201cperfect nature\u201d).<\/p>\n
So verse 6 of stanza 1 of the Book of Dzyan could just as well say that the universe was immersed in dharmat\u0101 as in parini\u1e63panna. The same is true for verse 1 of stanza 2. It is just a matter of which term is used in which class of texts. The fact that parini\u1e63panna (Tibetan yongs grub) is given among the technical terms found in the Book of Dzyan (The Secret Doctrine<\/em>, vol. 1, p. 23) tells us that this book used Yog\u0101c\u0101ra terms rather than terms from the Perfection of Wisdom texts.<\/p>\n The Yog\u0101c\u0101ra texts have formed the basis not only of the Cittam\u0101tra or \u201cmind-only\u201d school, but also of the so-called \u201cGreat Madhyamaka\u201d school. There they are understood differently than in the Cittam\u0101tra school. There they cross over directly to the Perfection of Wisdom texts, the primary sourcebooks of all Madhyamaka schools. This cross-over was made possible by the \u201cQuestions of Maitreya\u201d chapter found in two of the large Perfection of Wisdom texts. In this chapter, the Buddha replies to Maitreya\u2019s questions, telling him that all dharmas can be understood as parikalpita (kun brtags), \u201c[falsely] imagined\u201d, vikalpita (rnam par brtags), \u201cconceptualized\u201d, and by way of their dharmat\u0101 (chos nyid), \u201ctrue nature\u201d, obviously corresponding to the three svabh\u0101vas of the Yog\u0101c\u0101ra texts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In our investigation of the dh\u0101tu (\u201celement, basic space\u201d) and its synonyms as a central idea in the system of the Book of Dzyan, the term dharmat\u0101 (\u201ctrue nature\u201d) has been brought in as the definition of svabh\u0101va (\u201cinherent nature\u201d), when svabh\u0101va is used in its highest meaning. The Yog\u0101c\u0101ra school of Buddhism speaks of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dhatu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prajnaquest.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}