Two Truths doctrine

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Buddhist philosophical doctrine Madhyamaka doctrine doctrine of truth

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ satya-dvaya NERFINISHED ⓘ two levels of truth ⓘ
associatedWith	Middle Way (Madhyamaka) NERFINISHED ⓘ Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Svātantrika Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralIdea	distinction between conventional and ultimate reality ⓘ
compatibleWith	everyday linguistic conventions ⓘ moral responsibility on the conventional level ⓘ
coreConceptOf	Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
denies	ultimate inherent existence of phenomena ⓘ
developedBy	Nāgārjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
explains	how things can function while lacking inherent existence ⓘ
expoundedIn	Mūlamadhyamakakārikā NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Yogācāra-Madhyamaka syntheses NERFINISHED ⓘ comparative philosophy of religion ⓘ modern Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
interpretedBy	Bhāviveka NERFINISHED ⓘ Candrakīrti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsongkhapa NERFINISHED ⓘ Śāntarakṣita NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn	Indian Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	four noble truths (as conventionally true) ⓘ non-foundationalism in Buddhist thought ⓘ two levels of reality ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

subject surface form: Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)

this entity surface form: two truths doctrine