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static phenomenon

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term static phenomenon

Referenced by:
permanent (alternative term)
permanent phenomena (alternative term)
abstraction, static (cross-reference only)
static (alternative term)
static abstraction (alternative term)
Tibetan rtag-pa
Sanskrit nitya
Pali
Definition Phenomena that are unaffected by causes and circumstances and, consequently, do not change from moment to moment and do not produce any effects. Somewhat similar to unchanging facts, they are imputed about some validly knowable phenomenon and only exist and can be validly known so long as the basis for their imputation lasts. Sometimes translated as "static abstractions." Some translators render the term as "permanent phenomena."

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic ظاهرة ثابتة
German statisches Phänomen
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... permanent; permanent phenomenon; permanence
Russian неизменное явление