prakṛtisthagotra

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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Sina Joos at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

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Sina Joos discusses the ways in which Tāranātha utilizes the famous nine examples from the Ratnagotravibhāga in his Dbu ma theg mchog to assert his understanding of buddha-nature as zhentong (other-emptiness). She also compares Tāranātha’s position on Buddha-nature to Dolpopa's own view.

Joos, Sina. "The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 40:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxn5XgPGnSU.

Joos, Sina. "The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 40:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxn5XgPGnSU.;Sina Joos at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium;TA ra nA tha;Dol po pa;Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra;zhentong;Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa;Jonang;guṇapāramitā;tridharmacakrapravartana;prasajyapratiṣedha;paryudāsapratiṣedha;dharmadhātu;dharmakāya;āgantukamala;gotra;prakṛtisthagotra;nītārtha;Disclosure model;Great Madhyamaka;Ye shes rgya mtsho;guṇa;Terminology;Sina Joos;The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog

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Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature

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Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 9:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeVspw-zfY.

Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 9:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeVspw-zfY.

Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 9:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXeVspw-zfY.;Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature;ShAkya mchog ldan;Terminology;tathāgatagarbha;Potential or already-perfected;gotra;prakṛtisthagotra;samudānītagotra;dharmadhātu;Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Terminology in Articulating the Buddha-Nature

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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: