]> 2026-10-16T10:19:23-04:00 Articles/Buddha Nature as Myth 0 en Academic Layout William G. Grosnick, in his essay "Buddha Nature as Myth", makes a distinction between "empirically verifiable propositions", statements that make claims about the nature of reality whose truth both is and is expected to be capable of clear articulation and demonstration, and "mythic views of reality" that provide a nonverifiable framework of great religious power for the expression of fundamentally important religious orientations. He then argues that Buddha Nature thought—at least as expressed in the early Indic sūtras devoted to it—is of the latter kind. Its function, he suggests, is to provide a mythic orientation toward the world and the religious potential of the individual Buddhist, and so to make the practice of Buddhism possible. It is just because "all beings universally possess Buddha Nature" that the practice of the path is possible. (Griffiths and Keenan, introduction to ''Buddha Nature'', 4) Buddha Nature as Myth https://commons.tsadra.org/images/d/df/Grosnick_William-Philadelphia_Inquirer.jpg Academic true IV false Advanced Article Buddha Nature as Myth Grosnick, William. "Buddha Nature as Myth." In ''Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota'', edited by Paul J. Griffiths and John P. Keenan, 65–74. Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1990. Grosnick, William. "Buddha Nature as Myth." In ''Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota'', edited by Paul J. Griffiths and John P. Keenan, 65–74. Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1990.;Buddha Nature as Myth;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism;tathāgatagarbha;William Grosnick;&nbsp Grosnick William-Philadelphia Inquirer.jpg Grosnick, W. 1990 2447892.5 1990 Chapters in a Book William G. Grosnick, in his essay "Buddha Nature as Myth", makes a distinction between "empirically verifiable propositions", statements that make claims about the nature of reality whose truth both is and is expected to be capable of clear articulation and demonstration, and "mythic views of reality" that provide a nonverifiable framework of great religious power for the expression of fundamentally important religious orientations. He then argues that Buddha Nature thought—at least as expressed in the early Indic sūtras devoted to it—is of the latter kind. Its function, he suggests, is to provide a mythic orientation toward the world and the religious potential of the individual Buddhist, and so to make the practice of Buddhism possible. It is just because "all beings universally possess Buddha Nature" that the practice of the path is possible. (Griffiths and Keenan, introduction to ''Buddha Nature'', 4) Buddha Nature as Myth Buddha Nature as Myth 2020-03-20T23:04:20Z 2458929.4613426 2020-03-20T23:30:57Z 2458929.4798264 false Buddha Nature as Myth 0 0 plainlist 2 [[:The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism]] [[Category:People]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYb59cb2746f11514e077ebb4b6f627b4c 0 0 plainlist 2 [[:The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism]] [[Category:People]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYbb625f302c61646b27ad6b0ab98d16a1 0 0 plainlist 2 [[:Tathāgatagarbha]] [[Category:People]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYaf47ac1b9a67b376c112ba2baca2c3d2 0 0 plainlist 1 [[:People/Grosnick, W.]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYf5e21444c8fa2adae607ff4d0eabbc87 0 0 plainlist 1 [[:People/Grosnick, W.]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYe547626ed33ccd4ffe70d53ffed77d78 0 0 plainlist 1 [[:Tathāgatagarbha]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYac06135e89af8aaf1c396caa3250b935 0 0 plainlist 1 [[:Grosnick, W.]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERY41403e8d5954102748d79bf959766a51 0 0 plainlist 1 [[:The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism; The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism; tathāgatagarbha]] Buddha Nature as Myth# QUERYf5446f3bed6afa69a0141422e817126a Buddha Nature as Myth 0 en Buddha Nature as Myth REDI 102 en REDI