Four modes

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Four modes (tshul bzhi). Four levels of meaning:

  1. the literal meaning (tshig don),
  2. the general meaning (spyi don),
  3. the hidden meaning (sbas don), and
  4. the ultimate meaning (mthar thug gi don). [RY]