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'''Paramārtha''' (devanāgarī: परमार्थ) is a [[Sanskrit]] term that can be translated as "the highest or whole truth , spiritual knowledge"<ref>[http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/mwquery/index.html# Paramārtha] at Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary</ref>
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In [[The Secret Doctrine (book)|''The Secret Doctrine'']] [[H. P. Blavatsky]] translates the word as "true Self-Consciousness" and says that "Paramârtha is the synonym of the Sanskrit term Svasam-vedana, or 'the reflection which analyses itself'".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 44, fn.</ref>
 
This true self-consciousness, however, should not be associated to any sense of egotism, as can be inferred from the following definition: "Absolute Being and Consciousness which are Absolute Non-Being and Unconsciousness".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 47.</ref>
 
the Theosophical Glossary as “absolute existence.”
 
 
 
== Mahāyāna Buddhism ==
 
In [[Mahāyāna Buddhism]] paramārtha is frequently used paired with the word "satya" (truth) to mean the absolute or ultimate truth (paramārtha-satya) as opposed to the relative or empirical truth (saṃvṛti-satya), in what is normally known as the doctrine of the "Two Truths".
 
This word has been used both by the [[Yogācāra]] and the [[Madhyamaka]] schools. H. P. Blavatsky says:
 
<blockquote>There is a difference in the interpretation of the meaning of “Paramârtha” between the Yogâchâryas and the Madhyamikas, neither of whom, however, explain the real and true esoteric sense of the expression.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 44, fn.</ref></blockquote>
 
 
== Notes ==
 
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==Further reading==
 
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Param%C4%81rtha# Paramārtha] at Theosopedia
 
 
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