三さん諦たい

noun

threefold truth

A Tendai Buddhist doctrine: the three truths are that all things are void (空), temporary (仮), and in the middle state (中) between these two. This is a technical term used in Buddhist philosophy.

• 天てん台だい宗しゅうでは、三さん諦たいの教おしえが重じゅう要ようとされる。

  In the Tendai school, the teaching of the threefold truth is considered important.

• 三さん諦たいとは、空くう・仮け・中ちゅうの三みっつの真しん理りを指さす。

  The threefold truth refers to the three truths of emptiness, provisionality, and the middle.