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Buddha-Nature
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What is buddha-nature?
- Read about the history of the study of buddha-nature in the west.
- What is the main source of buddha-nature teachings? Read On the Ratnagotravibhāga
- Reminder: We already all have buddha-nature!
- Read the English translation of the Uttaratantra by Karl Brunnhölzl.
- Study the source texts here
- Learn about the "Three Reasons" in Verse_I.28
- The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows by Tsering Wangchuk, 2017 - A complete study of buddha-nature thought throughout Tibetan history.
- See the most detailed bibliography on buddha-nature thought.
- Traditional Study Guide
Is buddha-nature emptiness or luminosity?
How did buddha-nature thought develop in Tibet?
The theory of buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha, for the most part)--that all sentient beings somehow possess the innate buddhahood or potential to become buddhas--seems to have appeared in India as early as the Second Century CE before spreading to China and Tibet and beyond. The concept seems to have initially been taught as a means of inspiration, offered in response to the seeming nihilism of Madhyamaka emptiness-theory, as well as to the Yogācāra doctrine of Three Natures which restricted buddhahood to only a select few. For this reason scholars mostly agree that buddha-nature theory developed alongside--rather than part of--the two main Indian Mayāyāna Buddhist doctrinal schools, and great thinkers of each have both embraced it and rejected elements of the teaching. Buddha-nature was taught in a handful of early Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra and the Śrīmālādevīsūtra, and systematized first in the Ratnagotravibhāga, a treatise composed before the year 498 (when it was brought to China). From there it appears to have permeated most Buddhist schools, becoming a significant topic of debate among them.
How do I engage with buddha-nature in my practice?
- Practicing buddha-nature
- Revealing buddha-nature
- Talking about buddha-nature
