rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba

rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba

In most contexts, this term is properly translated by "dependent origination." But in the Mādhyamika context, wherein the concept of the ultimate nonorigination of all things is emphasized, "relativity" better serves to convey the message that things exist only in relation to verbal designation and that nothing exists as an independent, self-sufficient entity, even on the superficial level.

See also "relativity."

The central Buddhist doctrine that teaches how things are empty of self-nature and thus lack independent existence, yet exist provisionally insofar as they are created through the interaction of various causal factors.
interdependent origination

The relative nature of phenomena, which arises in dependence upon causes and conditions. Together with the four noble truths, this was the first teaching given by the Buddha.

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