Springs yig bdud rtsi'i thig le
From Buddha-Nature
སྤྲིངས་ཡིག་བདུད་རྩིའི་ཐིག་ལེ།
springs yig bdud rtsi'i thig le
Epistle: A Drop of Nectar
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Instruction by Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab written as a letter of advice on Buddhist practice framed as a formal correspondence to one Gatön Sherab Drak and other monks. Ngok Lotsāwa covers many topics in his advice from thinking of death and impermanence, cultivating enthusiasm, compassion, bodhicitta, etc., following the discipline and good teacher to cultivating the crop of Buddha's qualities having moistened the seed of buddha-nature by the rain of learning coming from the cloud of one's master. He advises monks to follow the words of Nāgārjuna and understand the notion of emptiness beyond existence and non-existence.
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Recensions of This Text
Tibetan | Rngog blo ldan shes rab. སྤྲིངས་ཡིག་བདུད་རྩིའི་ཐིག་ལེ།, (Springs yig bdud rtsi'i thig le).
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Philosophical positions of this text
Do all beings have buddha-nature?
Yes
No clear.
Is buddha-nature equated with emptiness or alayavijnana?
Madhyamaka
Mostly likely emptiness but not clear.
Do the author's writings belong to the analytic or meditative tradition of Uttaratantra exegesis?
What is Buddha-nature?
Tathāgatagarbha as the Unity of Emptiness and Luminosity
He uses the metaphor or seed for buddha-nature and crop for the qualities of the Buddha.
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