Bhūtakoṭi
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bhūtakoṭi (T. yang dag pa’i mtha’; C. shiji 實際) is translated as "very limit of reality."[1]
The 84000 Glossary of Terms states:
- This term has three meanings: (1) the ultimate nature, (2) the experience of the ultimate nature, and (3) the quiescent state of a worthy one (arhat) to be avoided by bodhisattvas.[1]
The Skanskrit term bhūtakoṭi contains the words:
- koṭi means “end,” “limit,” “edge,” “apex,” etc.
- bhūta means "reality," etc.
Hence, the “peak experience” or “ultimate state” that is realized in the experience of the absolute (paramārtha).[2]
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- Both buddhas and arhats are said to reside in the bhūtakoṭi, which in this context is synonymous with absolute truth (paramārthasatya).[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
very limit of reality, 84000 Glossary of Terms
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. bhūtakoṭi
Further reading
ཡང་དག་པའི་མཐའ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary- Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. bhūtakoṭi