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four reliances

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Definition^[1]

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四依

The four standards of Right Dharma which buddhist should rely on or abide by:

to abide by the Dharma, not the person
to abide by the sūtras of ultimate truth, not the sūtras of incomplete truth
to abide by the meaning, not the word
to abide by the wisdom, not the consciousness

Definition^[2]

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rton pa bzhi

[translation-san] {N} catvāri pratisaraṇāni

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} four reliances{N}

Source

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Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Related

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four score , four seals , four Signs, the , four stages of cultivation , four stages of righteousness, the , four reliance (to learning buddhist dharma) , four pure lands , four phala , four noble truths , four mountain sanctuaries