]> 2026-10-16T08:16:46-04:00 Books/On Buddha Essence 0 en Yes Thrangu Rinpoche;Karmapa, 3rd Library <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-450e6ae65c9f29adEND_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Thrangu Rinpoche|Thrangu Rinpoche]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-df0ed945681d487fEND_WIDGET </div><div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-882d6574c746c6abEND_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Karmapa, 3rd|Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-861590c9b4a87cf8END_WIDGET </div><div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start position-relative text-article p-2 clearfix"> <div class="mr-3" style="width: 70px !important; height: 70px !important;">START_WIDGET"'-4e51a26c106a2054END_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Roberts, P.|Peter Alan Roberts]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-150a73eeafad4dedEND_WIDGET </div> * <span> Translator's Preface</span><span>vii</span> * <span> Acknowledgments</span><span> xvii</span> * <span> Introduction</span><span> xix</span> * <span> Outline of the Text</span><span> xxvii</span> ** <span> 1. The Brief Summary of the Treatise </span><span> 1</span> ** <span> 2. An Explanation of the Mahayana Abhidharma Sutra </span><span> 15</span> ** <span> 3. Correct and Incorrect Concepts </span><span> 33</span> ** <span> 4. The Explanation of Buddha Nature </span><span> 46</span> ** <span> 5. The Qualities of the Rupakayas </span><span> 81</span> ** <span> 6. The Refutation of Others' Views </span><span> 98</span> ** <span> 7. Describing Buddha Nature through Quotations </span><span> 132</span> ** <span> 8. The Conclusion </span><span> 138</span> ** <span> 9. The Meditation Practice of This Treatise</span><span> 141</span> * <span> Notes</span><span> 147</span> * <span> Glossary </span><span> 151</span> * <span> Index </span><span> 163</span> Dharma true II false Advanced Book ⭐️⭐️⭐️ On Buddha Essence Thrangu Rinpoche. ''On Buddha Essence: A Commentary on Rangjung Dorje's Treatise''. Translated by Peter Alan Roberts. Edited by Clark Johnson. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006. [[rang byung rdo rje]], ([[Karmapa, 3rd]]). [[de bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos]] #In gsung 'bum rang byung rdo rje, Vol. 7: 282-290. Zi ling: mtshur phu mkhan po lo yag bkra shis, 2006. [[File:Buda by BDRC Logo.jpg|class=bdrc-button|x40px|link=http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/W30541]] #In mdo sngags mtshams sbyor, pp 387-394. Zi ling: mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2004. [[File:Buda by BDRC Logo.jpg|class=bdrc-button|x40px|link=http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/W29022]] ##In rnam grol 'dod 'jo ris med dpe rnying khang gi tshad ldan nges don dpe tshogs, Vol. 6: 335-342. Zi ling: rnam grol 'dod 'jo dpe rnying khang, 2007-2009. [[File:Buda by BDRC Logo.jpg|class=bdrc-button|x40px|link=http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/W1KG5705]] ''A Treatise on Buddha Nature'' by Rangjung Dorje, the third Karmapa, is one of the Kagyu lineage's oldest and most important texts, belonging to the tradition of the Six Yogas of Naropa. In the nineteenth century, Jamgön Kongtrul composed a commentary to it, which Khenchen Thrangu uses as the basis for the teachings in this book. <br><br> The subject of this famous treatise is budda essence, the basic nature of all beings. The term is a translation of the Sanskrit ''tathagatagarbha'', or ''deshek nyingpo'' (bde-gshegs snying-po) in Tibetan. The Tibetan interprets ''garbha'' as "essence" (snying-po), the innermost part of something. Both terms indicate that our very nature is buddhahood—buddha essence is possessed not only by enlightened masters but by everyone. <br><br> The path to awakening buddha essence, or buddha nature, is meditation. The practitioner needs to understand not only how to meditate, but also the reasons for meditation, in order to develop insight. This text contains complete instruction on how to discover buddha essence in our ourselves.<br>(Source: back cover) Johnson, C. false On Buddha Essence: A Commentary on Rangjung Dorje's Treatise Thrangu Rinpoche. ''On Buddha Essence: A Commentary on Rangjung Dorje's Treatise''. Translated by Peter Alan Roberts. Edited by Clark Johnson. 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Johnson, C. rang byung rdo rje 2006 <blockquote> <div id="leftQuoteBack"><i class="fas fa-quote-left fa-2x"></i></div> <div class="quoted-text"> It is very fortunate that phenomena have no reality because beings are in a state of suffering; because things have no reality, beings can be liberated.  <i class="fas fa-quote-right" style="color: rgba(212, 200, 174, 0.5);"></i> <span class="quote-attr font-italic">~ in On Buddha Essence, page(s) 44</span> </div> </blockquote><blockquote> <div id="leftQuoteBack"><i class="fas fa-quote-left fa-2x"></i></div> <div class="quoted-text"> All appearances are a duality of a perceiver and that which is perceived. These have no true reality, and so they are empty of inherent existence. Although these appearances are without reality, they are not false or wrong, because these appearances do arise.  <i class="fas fa-quote-right" style="color: rgba(212, 200, 174, 0.5);"></i> <span class="quote-attr font-italic">~ in On Buddha Essence, page(s) 47</span> </div> </blockquote><blockquote> <div id="leftQuoteBack"><i class="fas fa-quote-left fa-2x"></i></div> <div class="quoted-text"> Ultimately, the buddha nature has always been pure and has never been stained. Primordially, the incidental stains have no reality of their own.  <i class="fas fa-quote-right" style="color: rgba(212, 200, 174, 0.5);"></i> <span class="quote-attr font-italic">~ in On Buddha Essence, page(s) 93</span> </div> </blockquote> Translations,Edited Dharma Teaching ''A Treatise on Buddha Nature'' by Rangjung Dorje, the third Karmapa, is one of the Kagyu lineage's oldest and most important texts, belonging to the tradition of the Six Yogas of Naropa. In the nineteenth century, Jamgön Kongtrul composed a commentary to it, which Khenchen Thrangu uses as the basis for the teachings in this book. <br><br> The subject of this famous treatise is budda essence, the basic nature of all beings. The term is a translation of the Sanskrit ''tathagatagarbha'', or ''deshek nyingpo'' (bde-gshegs snying-po) in Tibetan. The Tibetan interprets ''garbha'' as "essence" (snying-po), the innermost part of something. Both terms indicate that our very nature is buddhahood—buddha essence is possessed not only by enlightened masters but by everyone. <br><br> The path to awakening buddha essence, or buddha nature, is meditation. The practitioner needs to understand not only how to meditate, but also the reasons for meditation, in order to develop insight. 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