ཆས་ཀྱ་འཁར་ལའ་མད notes.15

notes.15

15. Here “things” translates the Sanskrit dharma (Pali: dhamma, Tibetan: chos). Some commentaries suggest that dharma is used here in the sense of “truth.” For example, the Puggala­paññattipa­karaṇa-mūlaṭīkā says: ananussutesu dhammesūti ca ananussutesu saccesūti attho. However, teachings on the four truths also present them not so much as general statements of what is “true,” but more as four categories into which all phenomena can be classified and distinguished in terms of their function with regard to suffering, i.e. in constituting it, causing it, being beyond it, or being the means to end it, respectively.