- 五諦
- The five axioms:(1) 因諦 the cause, which is described as 集諦 of the Four Noble Truths;(2) 果諦 the effect as 苦諦;(3) 智諦 or 能知諦 diagnosis as 道諦;(4) 境諦 or 所知諦 the end or cure as 滅諦; to these add(5) 勝諦 or 至諦, the supreme axiom, i. e. the 真如; v. 四諦.
Chinese Buddhist terms dictionary (Chinese-English). William Edward Soothil and Lewis Hodous. 2006.