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On the Ratnagotravibhāga

Alex Gardner

On the Ratnagotravibhāga

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Brunnhölzl

[[ |When the Clouds Part]]

Lief

[[ |The Profound Treasury
of the Ocean of Dharma]]

Takasaki

[[ |A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga]]

Mathes

[[ |A Direct Path to the Buddha Within]]

Ruegg

[[ |La Théorie du Tathāgatagarbha et du Gotra]]

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Read about the topics of debate about buddha-nature

Read about the history of the study of buddha-nature in the west

Academics: Study the source texts here

On the Ratnagotravibhāga by Alexander Gardner

The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows by Tsering Wangchuk

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• Practice Texts in different traditions
• Verses of advice
• Uncover your true nature!
• Practice makes perfect... or does it?
• Yes. Yes it does. ~ Buddha

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Watch these traditional teachings on the Uttaratantra.

Khensur Rinpoche on the Uttaratantra

Uttaratantra by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Dudjom Dorjee on Buddha-Nature

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Karl Brunnholzl Interview on translating the Uttaratantrashastra

Klaus-Dieter Mathes discusses the concept of buddha-nature

These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

gotra - Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's gotra determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain. Skt. गोत्र Tib. རིགས་ Ch. 鍾姓,種性

Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.