noun
truth of temporariness; conventional truth
Buddhist term: one of the three truths (三諦), holding that all phenomena are temporary and provisional. Used in Tiantai/Tendai doctrine.
See also: 三諦
天台宗では、空諦・仮諦・中諦の三諦を説く。
The Tiantai school teaches the three truths: emptiness, temporariness, and the middle way.