suchness
Thing's true being
Suchness is the essential nature or quality of something as it is in itself, without interpretation or judgment.
The term appears in Buddhist philosophy to describe reality experienced directly, free from conceptual filters: meditation reveals the suchness of things.
In general use, it points to the ineffable quality that makes something what it is: the suchness of a summer evening.
Purest embodiment of something
- coreCentral essential portion
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
substance · constitution · identity · character · purity · whatness · thisness · uniqueness
Existing as something
- existenceState of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- presenceState of being somewhere
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
metaphysics · phenomenology · quiddity · substance · identity · particularity · universals · instantiation
Inherent essential nature
- non-dualityAbsence of fundamental division
- immediacyQuality of being direct
- uncontrivedNot deliberately arranged
- unfabricatedNot artificially created
naturalness · spontaneity · effortlessness · unconditioned · wholeness · simplicity · genuineness · authenticity
Cosmic moral order
- zenMeditative calm
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
vipassana · zazen · emptiness · mindfulness · awakening · enlightenment · dharmakaya · tathagatagarbha
State of existing fact
- concretenessQuality of being solid
- factualityAdherence to truth
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- truthAccordance with reality
authenticity · genuineness · substantiality · tangibility · veracity · verity · certainty · solidity
quintessence
Purest embodiment of something
elemental · substance · constitution · identity · character · purity · whatness · thisness · uniqueness · particularity
being
Existing as something
phenomenon · metaphysics · phenomenology · quiddity · substance · identity · particularity · universals · instantiation · givenness
quiddity
Inherent essential nature
- non-dualityAbsence of fundamental division
- immediacyQuality of being direct
- uncontrivedNot deliberately arranged
unfabricated · naturalness · spontaneity · effortlessness · unconditioned · wholeness · simplicity · genuineness · authenticity · pureness
dharma
Cosmic moral order
bodhi · vipassana · zazen · emptiness · mindfulness · awakening · enlightenment · dharmakaya · tathagatagarbha
actuality
State of existing fact
- concretenessQuality of being solid
- factualityAdherence to truth
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
truth · authenticity · genuineness · substantiality · tangibility · veracity · verity · certainty · solidity · palpability
suchnessillusion
Misleading sensory impression
maya · appearance · delusion · unreality · samsara
suchnessconceptualization
Mental creation of ideas
abstraction · interpretation · intellectualization · reification · theory
suchnesscontingency
Uncertain possible event
modification · alteration · otherness · differentiation · particularity