The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (706 page)

 
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(Gk., ‘two natures’). Those Christians who maintain the
Chalcedon
definition of two natures in the one person of Christ, in contrast to
monophysites
.

 
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(Skt.). The third eye, or divine-seeing eye, which is located for Hindus between the eyebrows.

 
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Dysteleology
.

A lack of purposiveness or design in the universe. If teleology is regarded as evidence for God's existence, then it would seem that dysteleology is
prima facie
evidence against it. See also
EVIL, PROBLEM OF
.

 
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(Tib., rDzogschen). ‘Great perfection’, in the
Nyingma
school of Tibetan Buddhism (
Tibetan religion
), the highest of the nine y
nas (ways) which lead to perfect completion; and as the highest of the ways, it is also used sometimes as a synonym for Nyingmapa teaching itself. It is known also as
ati-yoga
(Atiyoga, exceptional
yoga
), beyond which nothing is required (or indeed possible) in order to reach the goal. Central to Dzogchen is the realization that nothing, either mental or physical, has reality underlying its appearance, and that the mind, which cannot be measured or weighed, and is neither square nor round, is the threshold of truth (once it is disentangled from ignorance and delusion) because it is realized as being purely what it is. Dzogchen leads to the direct awareness of ‘mind’ as it is: the buddha-nature without qualification or attribute.

 
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