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Examples
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In non-Gelug, appearance-making of true existence (bden-snang) occurs only with conceptual cognition.
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Gelug is unique in asserting that conceptual and nonconceptual cognition both give rise to appearances of true existence (bden-snang), except when nonconceptually cognizing voidness: an absolute absence of true existence.
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The deepest truth (don-dam bden-pa, ultimate truth) about the same phenomenon is how it actually exists.
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In other words, it is devoid of truly and findably established existence (bden-par grub-pa, true existence).
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From the point of view of the manner of appearance of the extent of what they are (ji-snyed-kyi snang-tshul), all three appearances are concordant conventional truths (tshul-bzhin kun-rdzob bden-pa): they accurately accord with what validly appears to each of these classes of beings.
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They are called the two truths (bden-gnyis, two levels of truth) about an object.
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The superficial truth (kun-rdzob bden-pa, relative truth) about something is how it appears, namely what it appears to be, how it appears to exist.
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The impossible manner is with true existence (bden-grub, truly established existence).
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It is a discordant conventional truth (tshul-min kun-rdzob bden-pa).
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It is not that the conventional truth (kun-rdzog bden-pa, relative truth, superficial truth) is that there is no certainty about what result will arise, but the deepest truth (don-dam bden-pa) is that there is certainty.
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