Tokpa Tulku Interview on Buddha-Nature

Tokpa Tulku Interview on Buddha-Nature

Tokpa Tulku

2019/04/22

Interview

Interview

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About the interview

Tokpa Tulku discusses the teaching of buddha-nature. He touches on his experience learning about the Uttaratantraśāstra in the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling shedra, explains the meaning of chapter 1 verse 28 of the Uttaratantraśāstra, discusses the rantong and zhentong views of buddha-nature, briefly talks about buddha-nature as a topic of debate, and discusses how to approach buddha-nature teachings in practice.

Clips from the interview

On Learning about the Uttaratantrashastra in the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Shedra

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4:13 min

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On Buddha-Nature as a Topic of Debate

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2:32 min

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On the Three Reasons That All Beings Have Buddha-Nature

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6:29 min

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On Rangtong and Shentong Views of Buddha-Nature

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4:12 min

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On How to Approach Buddha-Nature in Practice

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7:47 min

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References

Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

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gzhan stong - The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature. Tib. གཞན་སྟོང་

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