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superficial truth

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term superficial truth

Referenced by:
relative truth (alternative term)
conventional truth (alternative term)
apparent truth (alternative term)
truth, apparent (cross-reference only)
truth, conventional (cross-reference only)
truth, superficial (cross-reference only)
truth, surface (cross-reference only)
truth, relative (cross-reference only)
surface truth (alternative term)
Tibetan kun-rdzob bden-pa
Sanskrit samvrtisatya
Pali
Definition In the Mahayana tenet systems, a true fact about a phenomenon that veils or conceals a deeper true fact about the same phenomenon. Also called: relative truth, conventional truth, apparent truth, surface truth.

TRANSLATION (Italian)

Translation verità superficiale
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German oberflächliche Wahrheit
French vérité supreficielle
Italian verità superficiale
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... conventional truth; truth-for-a-concealer; concealer-truth; relative truth; truth-for-an-obscured-mind; obscured truth; truth-for-an-obscured-awareness; truth for a conventional [mind]; truth for an obscured [mind]
Russian поверхностная истина
Vietnamese chân lý tương đối, chân lý quy ước