suchness; thusness Comment: An equivalent of ultimate truth (don dam bden pa, paramārthasatya) so called because whether Buddhas arise or not it permanently abides thus without changing.
Skt tathata. suchness, just as it is, reality, thusness, as it is, state of being just as it is. Suchness, as one of the four noncompounds. Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {brjod dang rtog pa las 'das de bzhin nyid/ /ngag gis brjod pa dang yid kyis rtog pa'i yul las 'das pa'i chos nyid ni de bzhin nyid de 'phags pa'i mnyam gzhag rnam par mi rtog pa'i ye shes kho na'i spyod yul lo} / {de'i ming gi rnam grangs kyang stong pa nyid dang, mtshan ma med pa dang, yang dag pa'i mtha' dang, don dam pa dang, chos kyi dbyings} Syn {de kho na nyid}
Suchness, Skt. tattva. Synonym for emptiness or the 'nature of things,' dharmata, it can also be used to describe the unity of dependent origination and emptiness
<term> essential nature, how things truly are, real nature, suchness, tathatā, the way things are, thusness, true nature, true reality