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Revision as of 02:07, 4 January 2019


Explore the Texts

Jump to the Scriptures


Read the translation of the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga or explore the texts and commentaries of the tradition in their original languages.

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

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Listen now or download interviews and teachings and listen anywhere.

  • Listen to the Karl Brunnholzl Interview
  • Listen to Klaus-Dieter Mathes
  • Etc. etc.
What is buddha-nature?
Is buddha-nature emptiness or luminosity?
How did buddha-nature thought develop?
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.
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How do I engage with buddha-nature in my practice?
  • Practicing buddha-nature
  • Revealing buddha-nature
  • Talking about buddha-nature