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An early foundational text for buddha-natu … An early foundational text for buddha-nature theory, the ''Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra'' is an influential teaching in many Buddhist traditions in China and Tibet. There is some controversy surrounding its teaching, and this discussion will illuminate some of the more interesting aspects of the sutra. Set around the time of Buddha's passing, or ''Mahāparinirvāṇa'', the sūtra contains teachings on buddha-nature equating it with the ''dharmakāya''—that is, the complete enlightenment of a buddha. It also asserts that all sentient beings possess this nature as the ''buddhadhātu'', or buddha-element, which thus acts as a cause, seed, or potential for all beings to attain enlightenment. Furthermore, the sūtra includes some salient features related to this concept, such as the single vehicle and the notion that the ''dharmakāya'' is endowed with the four pāramitās of permanence, bliss, purity, and a self.</br></br>Peter Alan Roberts was born in Wales and lives in Hollywood, California. He earned a BA in Sanskrit and Pali and a DPhil in Tibetan Studies from Oxford University (Harris-Manchester College). For more than thirty years he has been working as an interpreter for lamas and as a translator of Tibetan texts. He specializes in the literature of the Kagyü and Nyingma traditions with a focus on tantric practices, and he is the author of ''The Biographies of Rechungpa'' and [[Books/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions|''Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions'']], along with many other translations, especially for the [https://read.84000.co/search.html?s=Peter+Alan+Roberts 84000 Project]. See [https://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-037-007.html ''The Stem Array]'', a translation of the ''Gaṇḍavyuha'' from the Tibetan, ''Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light'' - a translation of the ''Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra'', and others online at [https://read.84000.co/search.html?s=Peter+Alan+Roberts 84000.co].earch.html?s=Peter+Alan+Roberts 84000.co]. +
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