prakṛtisthagotra

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Glossaryprakṛtisthagotra

Sanskrit Noun

prakṛtisthagotra

naturally present potential
प्रकृतिस्थगोत्र
རང་བཞིན་གནས་རིགས་
本性住種性

Basic Meaning

The potential for awakening that is inherently present in all beings.

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Term Variations
Key Term prakṛtisthagotra
Topic Variation prakṛtisthagotra
Tibetan རང་བཞིན་གནས་རིགས་  ( rangzhin nerik)
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration rang bzhin gnas rigs  ( rangzhin nerik)
Devanagari Sanskrit प्रकृतिस्थगोत्र
Romanized Sanskrit prakṛtisthagotra
Chinese 本性住種性
Chinese Pinyin běn xìng zhù zhǒng xìng
Japanese Transliteration honshōjūshushō
Buddha-nature Site Standard English naturally present potential
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term naturally abiding disposition
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term naturally abiding lineage, natural lineage
Ives Waldo's English Term intrinsic potential, legacy abiding within, naturally present affinity
Term Information
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning The potential for awakening that is inherently present in all beings.
Related Terms samudānītagotra
Term Type Noun
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo sems can thams cad 'tshang rgya rung ba'am/ ngo bo nyid skur 'gyur rung ba rang gi rten chos su 'gyur ba'i dri ma dang bcas pa'i sems kyi chos nyid
Further Reading Material In his Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche writes: