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.