The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms. This is the ultimate nature, as opposed to the way they appear to unawakened beings.

A common term describing ultimate reality.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

Also translated here as “thusness.”

The ultimate nature of things, or the way things are in reality, as opposed to the way they appear to non-enlightened beings.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms. Akin to other terms rendered here as thatness (tattva, de kho na nyid), true reality (bhūtatā, yang dag pa nyid), and reality (dharmatā, chos nyid).

The ultimate nature of things beyond all concepts.

The ultimate nature of things, or the way things are in reality, as opposed to the way they appear to unawakened beings.

The nature of phenomena, how things are in and of themselves.

The ultimate nature of things, or the way things really are, as opposed to the way they appear to unawakened beings.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

The ultimate nature of things, or the way things are in reality, as opposed to the way they appear to nonenlightened beings.

A synonym for emptiness, this term refers to the ultimate nature of things, the way things are in reality.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms. Also rendered here as tathatā and true reality, or simply reality.

Lit. “thusness” or “suchness.” The ultimate nature of things, or the way things are beyond all concepts and duality, as opposed to the way they appear to unawakened beings.

The state in which things are; “thusness.”

See “suchness.”

The ultimate nature of things, or the way things are in reality, as opposed to the way they appear to unawakened beings.

The quality or condition of things as they really are, which cannot be conveyed in conceptual, dualistic terms.

Literally, “thusness,” as it is indescribable.

The ineffable, essenceless nature.

An expression that conveys a sense of the true nature of things, formed from the word for “thus” or “in that way” (tathā) conjoined with the abstract suffix “-ness” or “state of” (-tā). The word is connected with tathāgata, “realized one,” and with the knowledge of things as they truly are (yathābhūta­jñāna), which is tantamount to awakening.

See “suchness.”