Klaus-Dieter Mathes Interview on Buddha-Nature

Buddha-Nature in Comparative Perspective, an Interview with Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

2018/04/24

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In this interview, Professor Klaus-Dieter Mathes discusses buddha-nature and the key ideas behind it, the controversies it generates, and some of the related Buddhist philosophy in comparative perspective.

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Buddha-nature has controversial points.	File:Question1-Response-What is interesting about BN-Mathes-Interview-1min20sec.mp3
Do you accept Buddhahood or not?	File:Do-you-accept-Buddhahood-or-not-Mathes-Interview-42sec.mp3
Mathes talks about reification and two approaches in the Karma Kagyu Tradition.	File:Two Approaches Nagarjuna and Saraha and Skillful Means-Mathes-Interview-2min-25sec.mp3.mp3
Mystic comes from a word that means to close ones eyes, but in Buddhism you are opening your eyes.	File:Mystic-Not-Mystic-Mathes-Interview-33sec.mp3
Different approaches to buddha-nature—the debates are alive and well in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist communities.	File:Question2-Debates-Alive-and-Well-Mathes-Interview-4min-38sec.mp3

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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་

Ngok Tradition - Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab's "analytic tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana. Tib. རྔོག་ལུགས་

Tsen Tradition - Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana. Tib. བཙན་ལུགས་

Tsen Tradition - Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana. Tib. བཙན་ལུགས་