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Ziran and Tianran are related concepts. Tianran refers to a thing created by heaven that is ultimately untouched by human influence, a thing fully characterized by ziran. The two terms are sometimes interchangeably used (Chan, 2005). It can be said that by gaining ziran, a person grows nearer to a state of tianran.
Ziran can also be looked at from under Buddha's influence, "non-substantial". It is then believed to mean 'having no nature of its own' (Pregadio 2008, pg. 1302). In this aspect it is seen as a synonym of real emptiness.
D. T. Suzuki, in a brief article penned in 1959, makes the suggestion of ziran as an aesthetic of action: "Living is an act of creativity demonstrating itself. Creativity is objectively seen as necessity, but from the inner point of view of Emptiness it is 'just-so-ness,' (ziran). It literally means 'byitself-so-ness,' implying more inner meaning than 'spontaneity' or 'naturalness'"
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