Yathābhūta
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yathābhūta (T. yang dag pa ji lta ba bzhin du ཡང་དག་པ་ཇི་ལྟ་བ་བཞིན་དུ་) is translated as "in accord with reality," "in accord with the way things are," "conformity with the truth," etc.
The 84000 glossary states:
- Yathā means “in accordance”/“just as,” and bhūta is a participle from the root bhū, which can mean “to exist” or “to come into existence.”
- The term yathābhūta is a key term in Buddhist texts, indicating the way things are, the nature of things, etc. It is usually used adverbially, indicating the way in which someone cognizes.[1]
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ཡང་དག་པ་ཇི་ལྟ་བ་བཞིན་དུ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary