2023 Buddha-Nature Conference Kathmandu

2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Kathmandu

Shechen Monastery, June 1–3, 2023

Discussing Buddha-Nature Theory and Practice in Tibetan Buddhist Traditions

Organized by Karma Phuntsho
and Tsadra Foundation

2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Kathmandu

༈ ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོའི་ལས་འགུལ་དང་འབྲེལ་ཏེ། གཞི་ཁམས་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་སྐོར་ཉིན་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་། བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་རྣམས་གདན་འདྲེན་ཞུས་ཏེ་ཆོས་བརྒྱུད་སོ་སོའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་ཕྱག་བཞེས་གཞུང་ལུགས་སོགས་ཀྱི་སྐོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འཚོག་རྒྱུ་ཡིན་ཞིང་། དེ་ཡང་ཞེ་ཆེན་དགོན་པར་བོད་སྐད་ཐོག་གནང་རྒྱུ་དང་། དྲྭ་ལམ་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཐད་གཏོང་བྱ་འཆར་དང་། གློག་བརྙན་ཐོག་ཕབ་བཟུང་དང་ཕྱིས་ནས་དབྱིན་སྐད་དུ་འགྱུར་རྒྱུ་དང་། མཁས་དབང་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བཤེས་ཉི་ཤུ་ལྷག་ཙམ་ཕེབས་ནས་ ཉིན་གྲངས་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་སྔ་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༨་༣༠ ནས་ ཕྱི་དྲོ་ཆུ་ཚོད་ ༦ བར་ ཆོས་གླེང་གནང་རྩིས་ཡིན་པས། ཁྱད་དུ་འཕགས་པའི་ཆོས་འཁོར་བགྲོ་གླེང་འདིར་ཕེབས་འདོད་ཡོད་ན་འདི་ལ་ཐོ་བཀོད་གནང་བར་ཞུ། རྒྱས་པར་དྲྭ་ངོས་འདི་ལ་གཟིགས་པར་ཞུ།
In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation hosted a three-day symposium from June 1–3, 2023 for monastic scholars of different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The event was held at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, in the Tibetan language. The event was broadcast live and the proceedings were recorded. More than twenty leading scholars met in person and the conference proved to be a lively debate from the very first paper!

The Symposium Sessions

The Symposium Sessions

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Welcome

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

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Welcome Speech of the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium: Opening Remarks by Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Mathes, Klaus-Dieter. “Welcome Speech of the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium.” Opening remarks presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 5:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3eFot99daI.;

Donald Lopez

Keynote

Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

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Tathāgatagarbha: A Brief History

Lopez, Donald S., Jr. “Tathāgatagarbha: A Brief History.” Keynote lecture at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 40:17. https://youtu.be/0SSSdNNbeu8.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, Key Terms/guṇapāramitā, People/Asaṅga, Texts/Laṅkāvatārasūtra, Texts/Śrīmālādevīsūtra, Texts/Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Texts/Aṅgulimālīyasūtra, Texts/Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, Texts/Bde gshegs snying po gsal ba'i rgyan, People/Tsong kha pa, Key Terms/ālayavijñāna, People/Gimello, R., Key Terms/tathatā, People/Obermiller, E., Articles/A History of Buddha-Nature Theory: The Literature and Traditions, Texts/Dasheng qixin lun, People/Vasubandhu, People/Schopen, G., People/Bhāvaviveka, People/Burnouf, E., People/Lcang skya rol pa'i rdo rje, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/History of buddha-nature in China, Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Japan, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Presentation

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

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Zhang ston Bsod nams grags pa’s Defense of Dol po pa’s Clear-Cut Distinction between Buddha Nature and the Ground Consciousness

Mathes, Klaus-Dieter. “Zhang ston Bsod nams grags pa’s Defense of Dol po pa’s Clear-Cut Distinction between Buddha Nature and the Ground Consciousness.” Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 40:48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ALrY63cho.; People/'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal, Key Terms/trisvabhāva, Key Terms/pariniṣpannasvabhāva, Key Terms/paratantrasvabhāva, Key Terms/parikalpitasvabhāva, Key Terms/Jonang, Texts/Laṅkāvatārasūtra, Texts/Śrīmālādevīsūtra, People/Karmapa, 3rd, Texts/Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Texts/Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, People/Dol po pa, Texts/Mahāyānottaratantraśāstropadeśa, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā, Key Terms/ālayavijñāna, Key Terms/Yogācāra, People/Zhang ston bsod nams grags pa, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Filippo Brambilla

Presentation

Filippo Brambilla

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Empty of True Existence, Yet Full of Qualities. Tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho (1880–1940) on Buddha Nature

Brambilla, Filippo. "Empty of True Existence, Yet Full of Qualities. Tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho (1880–1940) on Buddha Nature." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:47. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1cTYaIFa4g; Key Terms/neyārtha, Key Terms/nītārtha, Key Terms/prasajyapratiṣedha, Key Terms/tridharmacakrapravartana, Key Terms/Jonang, Key Terms/Geluk, People/Dol po pa, Texts/Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra, Topics/Buddha-nature as Emptiness, Key Terms/guṇa, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, People/Ngag dbang tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho, Texts/Kun mkhyen jo nang pa chen po'i dgongs pa gzhan stong dbu ma'i tshul legs pa bshad mthar 'dzin gdung 'phrog, Texts/Kun mkhyen jo nang pa'i bzhes dgongs dbu tshad kyi gzhung spyi dang gung bsgrigs te spyod pa'i spyi don rab gsal snang ba

Martina Draszczyk

Presentation

Martina Draszczyk

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Buddha Nature as Seen by Early Bka’ brgyud Masters

Draszczyk, Martina. "Buddha Nature as Seen by Early Bka’ brgyud Masters." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 37:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoMUdg40Qv8.; Key Terms/paryudāsapratiṣedha, Key Terms/prasajyapratiṣedha, Key Terms/Kagyu, Key Terms/Kadam, People/Karmapa, 3rd, People/Sgam po pa, People/Btsan kha bo che, Texts/Dam chos yid bzhin gyi nor bu thar pa rin po che'i rgyan, Key Terms/Tsen Tradition, Key Terms/dharmakāya, People/La yag pa byang chub dngos grub, Topics/Buddha-nature as Emptiness, Key Terms/guṇa, Topics/Defining buddha-nature, Topics/Mahamudra

Khenpo Tamphel

Presentation

Khenpo Tamphel

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The Difference Between a Sentient Being and a Buddha: 'Jig rten gsum mgon’s Instruction on the Process of Confusion

Tamphel, Khenpo Könchok. "The Difference Between a Sentient Being and a Buddha: 'Jig rten gsum mgon’s Instruction on the Process of Confusion." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 47:23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GbYgx3ozDM.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, People/'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po, Key Terms/Ngok Tradition, Key Terms/Tsen Tradition, Key Terms/dharmakāya, Key Terms/dharmatā, Key Terms/kun gzhi, Topics/Mahamudra, Topics/Sentient beings, Topics/Drikung Kagyu, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Presentation

Carré, P.

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Uttaratantraśāstra: A New French Translation from Tibetan According to ‘Jam mgon Kong sprul’s Commentary

Charrier, Christian, and Patrick Carré. "Uttaratantraśāstra: A New French Translation from Tibetan According to ‘Jam mgon Kong sprul’s Commentary." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 40:49. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgz0XThTwGE.; People/'jam mgon kong sprul, Topics/Textual study, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, Texts/Phyir mi ldog pa seng ge'i nga ro

Douglas Duckworth

Presentation

Douglas Duckworth

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Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection

Duckworth, Douglas. "Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 42:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBWdnUfS8w.; Key Terms/gotra, Key Terms/rang stong, Key Terms/Nyingma, Texts/Bde gshegs snying po'i stong thun chen mo seng+ge'i nga ro, People/Mi pham rgya mtsho, Key Terms/dharmakāya, Texts/Gzhan stong khas len seng ge'i nga ro, Topics/Buddha-nature as Emptiness, Key Terms/guṇa, Key Terms/sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/Sentient beings, Topics/Buddha-nature as Luminosity, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, Topics/Production model, Dzogchen, Disclosure model

David Higgins

Presentation

David Higgins

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Buddha-Nature and Selfhood

Higgins, David. "Buddha-Nature and Selfhood." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzI1PxptpI.; People/'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal, Key Terms/guṇapāramitā, People/Karmapa, 8th, Key Terms/ālayavijñāna, Key Terms/dharmakāya, Key Terms/ātman, Key Terms/anātman, Key Terms/sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā, Key Terms/gzhi, Key Terms/rgyu'i rgyud, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, Topics/Buddha-nature as Self - Atman, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism, Topics/Karma Kagyu, Topics/Vajrayana

Shenpen Hookham

Presentation

Shenpen Hookham

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The impact of a Shentong interpretation of Tathāgatagarbha doctrine from the point of view of a western Buddhist practitioner

Hookham, Shenpen. "The Impact of a Shentong Interpretation of Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine from the Point of View of a Western Buddhist Practitioner." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:03. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM93AeQIR4I.; Key Terms/rang stong, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Topics/Contemporary, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism, Topics/The Path, Topics/Terminology

Hong Luo

Presentation

Hong Luo

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Observing the Link between Self-awareness and Buddha Nature in Ratnākaraśānti’s Prajñāpāramitopadeśa

Luo, Hong. "Observing the Link between Self-awareness and Buddha Nature in Ratnākaraśānti’s Prajñāpāramitopadeśa." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 39:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iFwWLJUAc.; Key Terms/trisvabhāva, People/Ratnākaraśānti, Key Terms/ālayavijñāna, People/Sthiramati, Key Terms/Yogācāra, People/Paramārtha, Key Terms/svasaṃvedana, Key Terms/prabhāsvaracitta, Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Topics/Buddha-nature as Luminosity, Key Terms/prabhāsvaratā

Sina Joos

Presentation

Sina Joos

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The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog

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.; Key Terms/gotra, Key Terms/dharmadhātu, Key Terms/guṇapāramitā, Key Terms/nītārtha, Key Terms/paryudāsapratiṣedha, Key Terms/prasajyapratiṣedha, Key Terms/āgantukamala, Key Terms/tridharmacakrapravartana, Key Terms/Jonang, People/Dol po pa, Key Terms/prakṛtisthagotra, Key Terms/dharmakāya, Key Terms/Great Madhyamaka, Texts/Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa, People/TA ra nA tha, Key Terms/guṇa, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/Terminology, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, Disclosure model, People/Kun dga' ye shes rgya mtsho

Ngawang Jorden

Presentation

Khenpo Ngawang Jorden

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Revisiting Gorampa on Buddha Nature

Jorden, Khenpo Ngawang. "Revisiting Gorampa on Buddha Nature." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 45:05. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmhgtw5HwCE.; Key Terms/rang stong, Key Terms/śūnyatā, Key Terms/trisvabhāva, Key Terms/pariniṣpannasvabhāva, Key Terms/paratantrasvabhāva, Key Terms/parikalpitasvabhāva, Key Terms/paramārthasatya, Key Terms/saṃvṛtisatya, Key Terms/Jonang, Key Terms/Sakya, People/Dol po pa, People/Rong ston shes bya kun rig, Texts/Sdom gsum rab dbye, People/Red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros, People/Go rams pa bsod nams seng ge, Key Terms/Madhyamaka, Texts/Dharmadhātustava, People/Nāgārjuna, Debates / Debate, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/Two Truths

Christopher Jones

Presentation

Christopher V. Jones

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Selfhood, Secrecy, Singularity: Reassessing the Early Life of the Tathāgatagarbha in India

Jones, Christopher V. "Selfhood, Secrecy, Singularity: Reassessing the Early Life of the Tathāgatagarbha in India." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 45:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARzGpIOwFYc.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, Key Terms/buddhadhātu, Texts/Laṅkāvatārasūtra, Texts/Śrīmālādevīsūtra, Texts/Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Texts/Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, Texts/Mahābherīsūtra, Texts/Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra, Texts/Aṅgulimālīyasūtra, People/Radich, M., Texts/Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā, People/Takasaki, J., Key Terms/dharmakāya, Key Terms/ātman, Key Terms/ekayāna, Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Topics/Buddha-nature as Self - Atman, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism, Topics/Terminology, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Kazuo Kano

Presentation

Kazuo Kano

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Examples of the Term tathāgatagarbha Appearing in Indic Tantric Literature

Kano, Kazuo. "Examples of the Term tathāgatagarbha Appearing in Indic Tantric Literature." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 42:13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIVDu1Ig7H8.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, People/Ratnākaraśānti, Key Terms/Yogācāra, Key Terms/Madhyamaka, People/Abhayākara, Key Terms/ekayāna, Key Terms/triyāna, Topics/Vajrayana, Topics/Terminology

Casey Forgues

Presentation

Casey Forgues Kemp

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The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya

Kemp, Casey. "The Luminous Basis for Buddhahood: ’Jig rten mgon po’s Pith Instructions for Merging the Nature of Mind with the Dharmakāya." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VQkhK1CE0.; Key Terms/āgantukamala, People/'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po, Key Terms/Kagyu, People/Sgam po pa, Key Terms/dharmakāya, People/Mar pa chos kyi blo gros, Key Terms/prabhāsvaracitta, Key Terms/tha mal gyi shes pa, Topics/Mahamudra, Topics/Drikung Kagyu, Topics/Buddha-nature as Luminosity, Topics/Vajrayana, Key Terms/prabhāsvaratā

Seiji Kumagai

Presentation

Seiji Kumagai

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How the Concepts of “buddha-nature” (Tathāgatagarbha) and “innate enlightenment” (Hongaku) were interpreted by Shinran (1173-1263)

Kumagai, Seiji. "How the Concepts of 'Buddha-Nature' (Tathāgatagarbha) and 'Innate Enlightenment' (Hongaku) Were Interpreted by Shinran (1173–1263), Founder of the Jōdo-Shin-Shū School of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 47:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KwdudJF4hc.; People/Shinran, People/Genshin, People/Tanluan, People/Tamura, Y., People/Hōnen, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism, Topics/Tien Tai, Topics/Pure Land, Key Terms/original enlightenment

Katrin Querl

Presentation

Katrin Querl

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Preliminary Notes on the Notion of Buddha Nature in the Single Intention

Querl, Katrin. "Preliminary Notes on the Notion of Buddha Nature in the Single Intention." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 43:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp3GJz3-5DY.; Key Terms/gotra, People/'bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten mgon po, Key Terms/Kagyu, Key Terms/Tsen Tradition, People/'bri gung spyan snga shes rab 'byung gnas, People/Rin chen byang chub, People/Rdo rje shes rab, People/Ngo rje ras pa, People/Drikung Chungtsang, 1st, Topics/Buddha-nature as Emptiness, Key Terms/ekayāna, Key Terms/guṇa, Texts/Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa, Key Terms/tha mal gyi shes pa, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/Mahamudra, Topics/Drikung Kagyu, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism

Kurtis Schaeffer

Presentation

Kurtis Schaeffer

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Notes from the Cave: 'Jigs med gling pa on Buddha-Nature

Schaeffer, Kurtis. "Notes from the Cave: 'Jigs med gling pa on Buddha-Nature." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 37:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32COWVlJ38.; Key Terms/Nyingma, People/'jigs med gling pa, Texts/Yon tan rin po che'i mdzod dga' ba'i char, Topics/Textual study, Dzogchen

Michael Sheehy

Presentation

Michael Sheehy

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Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals

Sheehy, Michael. "Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 46:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7z5pR1EGA.; Key Terms/Jonang, People/Dol po pa, People/Tsong kha pa, People/Yu mo mi bskyod rdo rje, People/Phyogs las rnam rgyal, People/Jo nang lo tsA ba blo gros dpal, People/Nya dbon kun dga' dpal, Topics/Buddha-nature as Emptiness, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, Topics/Vajrayana, Texts/Vimalaprabhā, People/Jo nang chos rje yon tan rgya mtsho

Jacqueline Stone

Presentation

Jacqueline Stone

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From Buddha Nature to Original Enlightenment “Contemplating Suchness” in Medieval Japan

Stone, Jacqueline. "From Buddha Nature to Original Enlightenment: 'Contemplating Suchness' in Medieval Japan." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 47:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zXXWsD39hc.; Key Terms/dharmadhātu, Key Terms/neyārtha, Key Terms/nītārtha, Texts/Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, Key Terms/tathatā, Key Terms/dharmatā, People/Shinran, People/Genshin, Topics/History of buddha-nature in China, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Japan, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Japanese Buddhism, Topics/Tien Tai, Key Terms/original enlightenment, Disclosure model

Dorji Wangchuk

Presentation

Dorji Wangchuk

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Rong-zom-pa on the Tathāgatagarbha and Pratītyasamutpāda Theories

Wangchuk, Dorji. "Rong-zom-pa on the Tathāgatagarbha and Pratītyasamutpāda Theories." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 45:33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0slogomESI8.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, Key Terms/śūnyatā, People/Asaṅga, Key Terms/Nyingma, People/Dol po pa, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā, People/Rong zom chos kyi bzang po, People/Nāgārjuna, People/Avalokitavrata, Key Terms/pratītyasamutpāda, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, Topics/Two Truths, Topics/Critical Buddhism, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Michael Zimmermann

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Michael Zimmermann

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New Research on the Concept of Buddha-Nature in India: The Beginnings

Zimmermann, Michael. "New Research on the Concept of Buddha-Nature in India: The Beginnings." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 45:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkBSSAJ-zo.; Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha, Texts/Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Texts/Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra, Texts/Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra, People/Radich, M., Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Topics/Defining buddha-nature, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism, Topics/Terminology, Topics/Critical Buddhism, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra