noun
truth of the middle
Buddhist term: the view that all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence. Often discussed in contrast to 空諦 (truth of emptiness) and 仮諦 (truth of temporariness) within the 三諦 (three truths) framework.
See also: 三諦
天台宗では、空諦・仮諦・中諦の三諦を説く。
In the Tiantai school, the three truths—emptiness, temporariness, and the middle—are taught.
仮諦 is the truth of temporariness, one of the three truths; 中諦 is the truth of the middle, which synthesizes emptiness and temporary existence.
From Middle Chinese 中諦 (MC ʈɨuŋ tejH), a Buddhist term composed of 中 'middle' and 諦 'truth'.