Teachings/Videos

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A Definition of Buddha-Nature by Douglas Duckworth

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A Discourse on the Uttaratantra by 14th Dalai Lama in Holland (Part 1 of 4)

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Abiding within the Buddha-Nature by Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

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About Faith: Everyone Has Buddha-Nature

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About the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Arne Schelling

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All Living Beings Have Buddha-Nature: The Genesis of the Concept of Universal Buddhahood

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An Introduction to Discovering the Buddha Within by H.E. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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Anne Burchardi: Advice on Navigating the Plethora of Available Buddha-Nature Teachings

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Anne Burchardi: Buddha-Nature in Practice: How the Notion of "Garbha" Can Be Applied to "Being in the World"

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Anne Burchardi: On Her First Encounter with Buddha-Nature Teachings

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Anne Burchardi: On Her Work Compiling the Commentaries to the Uttaratantra

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Anne Burchardi: On Turning Hardship into the Path

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Anne Burchardi: On the Provisional or Definitive Nature of the Buddha-Nature Teachings

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Anne Burchardi: On the Sutra Sources for the Uttaratantra and Her Work on the Dharanishvarajasutra

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Anne Burchardi: Why the Buddha-Nature Teachings were Taught according to the Uttaratantrashastra

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Buddha Nature and Permission: Anne Klein at Dawn Mountain

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Buddha Nature by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche (Part 1 of 3)

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Buddha Nature by Ven. Ajahn Brahm

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Buddha Nature: What is it? How is it different from soul? A Teaching from Zasep Tulku

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Buddha Potential 1: Uttaratantra by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha (Part 1 of 9)

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Buddha Potential 2: Uttaratantra by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha (Part 1 of 7)

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Buddha-Nature Event-19 September 2020

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Buddha-Nature according to Zhiyi and the T'ien T'ai Tradition by Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson

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Buddha-Nature and Creativity

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Buddha-Nature: A Talk by Khenpo Tshewang Sonam in Thimphu, Bhutan

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Buddha-Nature: Teaching by Khenpo Dudjom Dorjee Rinpoche at Karma Thegsum Choling Dallas

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Buddha-Nature: Theoretical Understanding and Practical Application by Karma Phuntsho

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Buddhism's Buddha-Nature and Confucianism's Idea of Inherent Goodness by Sheng Yen

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions: Chapter 14: Buddha Nature: A Talk by Thubten Chodron (Part 1 of 4)

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Casey Kemp at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

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Casey Kemp: Buddha-Nature as a Path of Means: The Influence of Buddha-Nature Theory on Eleventh-Century Tibetan Tantric Instructions

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Christian Charrier & Patrick Carré at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

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Christopher Jones: Defining a "Buddha-Nature Discourse": The Case of the Mahāmeghasūtra (Sprin chen po'i mdo)

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Christopher V. Jones at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

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Closing Remarks from Gyedrak Tulku

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Closing Remarks from Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim

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Compassion, Love, and Buddha Nature

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Critical Buddhism: An Overview by Jamie Hubbard and Paul Swanson

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David Germano: How Can Dzogchen Teachings and Practices Be Made More Relevant to the Wider World?

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David Germano: How Does One Actualize Buddha-Nature in the Nyingtik Teachings?

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David Germano: How Does gzhi (the Ground or Base) Relate to bden pa gnyis (the Two Truths) in Madhyamaka?

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David Germano: On Buddha-Nature in Tibet in the Early Translation Period

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David Germano: On His Current Research Projects

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David Germano: On His Interest in the Great Perfection and Buddha-Nature

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David Germano: On His Work with the Contemplative Sciences Center at UVA

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David Germano: On How the Dzogchen Nyingtik Tradition Approaches Buddha-Nature

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David Germano: On Longchenpa and Jigme Lingpa

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David Germano: On Longchenpa's View of Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka

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David Germano: On the Aesthetics of Dzogchen and the Vajra as a Metaphor for Buddha-Nature

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David Germano: On the Concept of Buddha-Nature and the Questions It Generates

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Buddha Nature: Chapter 14 of Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions: Talk by Thupten Chodron

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Buddha Nature: Ringu Tulku at Karma Sonam Dargye Ling Temple

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Uttaratantra: Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha

• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 1 of 9]
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• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 8 of 9 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]
• [Buddha Potential 1 Part 9 of 9 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]

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• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 3 of 7]
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• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 6 of 7 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]
• [Buddha Potential 2 Part 7 of 7 (with Venerable George Churinoff)]

Uttaratantra: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California

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Discourse on Uttaratantra: H.H.14th Dalai Lama in Holland (Study Buddhism Archive)

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Uttaratantra Shastra Commentary teachings by Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin at Drikung Tibetan Meditation Center, Frederick, MD

• [Uttaratantra Shastra Commentary 1]
• [October 11, 2015]
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• [October 16, 2016]
• [October 30, 2016]
• [November 13, 2016]
• [December 11, 2016]
• [December 18, 2016]

Uttaratantra Teachings by Gyumed Khensur Lobsang Jampa Rinpoche by Do Ngak Kunphen Ling of Redding, CT and the Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center of NJ

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• [Kiku Christina Lehnherr on The Body: The Tool of Buddha-Nature]

Nyingma - The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. Tib. རྙིང་མ་

Sakya - The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre. Tib. ས་སྐྱ་

Geluk - The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama. Tib. དགེ་ལུགས་

Jonang - The Jonang tradition was established by Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a thirteenth-century Sakya monk famous for his Zhentong teachings. The Jonang teachings and monasteries were suppressed in Tibet in the seventeenth century but survived in Amdo. Tib. ཇོ་ནང་

Kagyu - The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Tib. བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་

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.

tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt. तन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད། Ch. 密宗