Uncategorized absolute

The uncategorized absolute (Skt. aparyāyaparamārtha; Tib. རྣམ་གྲངས་མ་ཡིན་པའི་དོན་དམ་ Wyl. rnam grangs ma yin pa'i don dam) is described as the actual absolute truth, free from all conceptual elaboration, such as 'existence', 'non-existence', 'arising', 'non-arising' and so on. It is connected with primordial wisdom and the state of meditative absorption.

Alternative Translations

• Absolute beyond conceptualization
• Absolute qua undenotable (Kapstein)
• Actual ultimate (PAD)
• Nonconceptual ultimate (Pettit)
• Non-discursively formulated ultimate (Lipman)
• Non-notational ultimate (Phuntsho)
• Non-represented ultimate (Dreyfus & Garfield)

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