Difference between revisions of "Buddha-Nature Timeline"
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|description=''[[Tathāgatagarbhasūtra]]'' (as dated by [[Michael Zimmermann]]) and other scriptures later considered as sūtras teaching tathāgathagarbha were circulating and promoted the concept of buddha-nature. | |description=''[[Tathāgatagarbhasūtra]]'' (as dated by [[Michael Zimmermann]]) and other scriptures later considered as sūtras teaching tathāgathagarbha were circulating and promoted the concept of buddha-nature. | ||
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|description=[[Nāgārjuna]] wrote ''[[Dharmadhātustava]]'' and praised the sphere of reality as the basis of ''saṃsāra'' and ''nirvāṇa''. He called it 'the element' and 'luminous mind' and claimed emptiness does not negate this nature. | |description=[[Nāgārjuna]] wrote ''[[Dharmadhātustava]]'' and praised the sphere of reality as the basis of ''saṃsāra'' and ''nirvāṇa''. He called it 'the element' and 'luminous mind' and claimed emptiness does not negate this nature. | ||
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|description=''[[Tathāgathagarbhasūtra]]'' was perhaps translated into Chinese by [[Faju]]. | |description=''[[Tathāgathagarbhasūtra]]'' was perhaps translated into Chinese by [[Faju]]. | ||
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|description=''[[Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādanirdeśa]]'' (which may have been circulating as one of the most influential sūtras on buddha-nature) is said to have been translated into Chinese by [[Seng Fani]]. It claims buddha-nature 'is empty of adventitious stains but not empty of its limitless inseparable qualities'. | |description=''[[Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādanirdeśa]]'' (which may have been circulating as one of the most influential sūtras on buddha-nature) is said to have been translated into Chinese by [[Seng Fani]]. It claims buddha-nature 'is empty of adventitious stains but not empty of its limitless inseparable qualities'. | ||
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|description=[[Buddhabhadra]] and [[Faxian]] translates ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Chinese. | |description=[[Buddhabhadra]] and [[Faxian]] translates ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Chinese. | ||
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|description=According to [[Takasaki]], ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'', which Central Asian and Tibetan sources attribute to [[Maitreya]] and Chinese sources attributed to [[Sāramati]], was composed. | |description=According to [[Takasaki]], ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'', which Central Asian and Tibetan sources attribute to [[Maitreya]] and Chinese sources attributed to [[Sāramati]], was composed. | ||
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|description=[[Ratnamati]], who translated the ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'' into Chinese, travelled to China. | |description=[[Ratnamati]], who translated the ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'' into Chinese, travelled to China. | ||
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|description=[[Paramārtha]] translated the ''[[Awakening of Faith]]'' attributed to [[Aśvaghoṣa]] into Chinese and thereby promoting the concept of [[Original Enlightenment]]. | |description=[[Paramārtha]] translated the ''[[Awakening of Faith]]'' attributed to [[Aśvaghoṣa]] into Chinese and thereby promoting the concept of [[Original Enlightenment]]. | ||
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|description=[[Yeshe De]] and others translate major Buddha-Nature ''sūtras'' such as the ''[[Tathāgatagarbhasūtra]]'' and ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Tibetan. | |description=[[Yeshe De]] and others translate major Buddha-Nature ''sūtras'' such as the ''[[Tathāgatagarbhasūtra]]'' and ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Tibetan. | ||
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|description=The Great Samye Debate between the Indian gradualists led by the Mādhyamika master [[Kamalaśīla]] and Chinese subitist led by Chan monk [[Mahāyāna]]. | |description=The Great Samye Debate between the Indian gradualists led by the Mādhyamika master [[Kamalaśīla]] and Chinese subitist led by Chan monk [[Mahāyāna]]. | ||
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|description=Maitrīpa (986-1063) is said to have discovered the texts of ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'' and ''[[Dharmadharmatāvibhāga]]'' in a stupa. | |description=Maitrīpa (986-1063) is said to have discovered the texts of ''[[Ratnagotravibhāga]]'' and ''[[Dharmadharmatāvibhāga]]'' in a stupa. | ||
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|description=[[Atiśa Dīpaṅkara]] and [[Naktso Tsultrim Gyelwa]] translated the ''Ratnagotravibhāgauttaratantra'' or the ''Ultimate Continuum'' into Tibetan in Yerpa, Tibet. | |description=[[Atiśa Dīpaṅkara]] and [[Naktso Tsultrim Gyelwa]] translated the ''Ratnagotravibhāgauttaratantra'' or the ''Ultimate Continuum'' into Tibetan in Yerpa, Tibet. | ||
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