(1) Both to cognize (literally, take as a cognitive object) the appearance of the world as having truly established existence, which the habits of this grasping cause the mind to fabricate and project, as well as believing this deceptive appearance to correspond to how things actually exist, (2) simply cognizing the appearance of the world as having truly established existence, without actually believing this deceptive appearance to correspond to how things actually exist. Gelug asserts both definitions, while non-Gelug asserts only the first.
Tibetan: བདེན་འཛིན། bden-'dzin
Sanskrit: satyagrāha
J. Hopkins: Conception of true existence
Synonyms: Grasping for true existence
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