]> 2026-10-13T11:50:02-04:00 Books/The Buddhist Self 0 en No Jones, Christopher <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"'-4f917386bab909c4END_WIDGET</div> <div>[[Jones, Christopher|Christopher V. Jones]]</div>START_WIDGET"'-85a138e8ca83c409END_WIDGET </div> ** ACKNOWLEDGMENTSXI ** ABBREVIATIONSVIII ** CONVENTIONSXVII * 1 Introduction1 ** 1.1 Self and Not-Self in Early Buddhism1 ** 1.2 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Literature in Overview11 ** 1.3 Essences, Natures, Wombs, and Chambers14 ** 1.4 Buddhist ''Ātmavāda:'' Preliminary Thoughts21 '''Part I: Buddha-Nature, the Self''' * 2 The ''Mahāparinirvāṇamahāsūtra'' and the Buddhist Self29 ** 2.1 The Text29 ** 2.2 The Buddha as Self33 ** 2.3 Buddha-nature and the Self40 ** 2.4 Contentions and Clarifications47 ** 2.5 The True Self and False Notions of It55 ** 2.6 Self and Absence of Self59 ** 2.7 Buddha-nature in Dharmakṣema's MPNMSD+ 62 ** 2.8 Conclusions67 * 3 The ''Aṅgulimālīyasūtra'' and the Essential Self70 ** 3.1 The Text70 ** 3.2 An "Essence" of One's Own74 ** 3.3 What Buddha-nature Is Not: More False Notions of the Self77 ** 3.4 Perceiving Buddha-nature79 ** 3.5 Essence, Action, and the Self83 ** 3.6 A "Single Essence"87 ** 3. 7 Buddhism contra Other Systems91 ** 3.8 Conclusions95 * 4 The ''Mahābherīhārakasūtra'' and Liberation of the Self97 ** 4.1 The Text97 ** 4.2 Continuity of the Self100 ** 4.3 The Sovereign Self104 ** 4.4 Buddha-nature and Buddhist Practice107 ** 4.5 Self, Not-Self, and Emptiness109 ** 4.6 Conclusions114 '''Part II: Buddha-nature, Not Self''' * 5 The ''Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra'' and the Perfection of Self119 ** 5.1 The Text119 ** 5.2 Reimagining ''Tathāgatagarbha''122 ** 5.3 The ''Dharmakāya'' and Its Qualities129 ** 5.4 On "Singularity"132 ** 5.5 Conclusions136 * 6 Other ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Sources139 ** 6.1 The ''Anūnatvāpūrṇatvānirdeśaparivarta''139 ** 6.2 The ''Tathāgatagarbhasūtra''143 ** 6.3 The ''Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra''148 * 7 The ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and the Self That Is No Self154 ** 7.1 The Text154 ** 7.2 Buddha-nature and the "Basic" RGV158 ** 7.3 "Perfection of Self' in the RGVV167 ** 7.4 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' as, Once Again, the Self175 ** 7.5 Conclusions178 * 8 The ''Laṅkāvatārasūtra'' and Rejecting the Buddhist Self181 ** 8.1 The Text181 ** 8.2 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' and Absence of Self183 ** 8.3 The ''"Ālayavijñāna-Tathāgatagarbha"''188 ** 8.4 Selfhood in the ''Sagāthaka''191 ** 8.5 Conclusions194 ** 8.6 Postscript: After the LAS195 '''Part III: Buddha-nature Reconsidered''' * 9 Recurring Themes and Motifs203 ** 9.1 The Single Vehicle203 ** 9.2 "Cryptic" Utterances210 ** 9.3 The Intrinsically Pure Mind214 ** 9.4 "Sarvalokapriyadarśana"217 ** 9.5 Emptiness and Nonemptiness218 ** 9.6 Non-Buddhists and Their Teachings223 * 10 Evolution of the Buddhist Self229 ** 10.1 The Course of Buddha-nature Teaching229 ** 10.2 Origins of the Buddha-nature Idea237 ** 10.3 Liberation and the Self245 ** 10.4 Buddhist Selfhood and the Mahāyāna253 ** 10.5 Closing Thoughts261 ** REFERENCES265 ** INDEX287 Academic true IV false Advanced Book The Buddhist Self Jones, Christopher V. ''The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020. The assertion that there is nothing in the constitution of any person that deserves to be considered the self (''ātman'')—a permanent, unchanging kernel of personal identity in this life and those to come—has been a cornerstone of Buddhist teaching from its inception. Whereas other Indian religious systems celebrated the search for and potential discovery of one’s “true self,” Buddhism taught about the futility of searching for anything in our experience that is not transient and ephemeral. But a small yet influential set of Mahāyāna Buddhist texts, composed in India in the early centuries CE, taught that all sentient beings possess at all times, and across their successive lives, the enduring and superlatively precious nature of a Buddha. This was taught with reference to the enigmatic expression ''tathāgatagarbha''—the “womb” or “chamber” for a Buddha—which some texts refer to as a person’s true self. ''The Buddhist Self'' is a methodical examination of Indian teaching about the ''tathāgatagarbha'' (otherwise the presence of one's “Buddha-nature”) and the extent to which different Buddhist texts and authors articulated this in terms of the self. C. V. Jones attends to each of the Indian Buddhist works responsible for explaining what is meant by the expression ''tathāgatagarbha'', and how far this should be understood or promoted using the language of selfhood. With close attention to these sources, Jones argues that the trajectory of Buddha-nature thought in India is also the history and legacy of a Buddhist account of what deserves to be called the self: an innovative attempt to equip Mahāyāna Buddhism with an affirmative response to wider Indian interest in the discovery of something precious or even divine in one's own constitution. This argument is supplemented by critical consideration of other themes that run through this distinctive body of Mahāyānist literature: the relationship between Buddhist and non-Buddhist teachings about the self, the overlap between the ''tathāgatagarbha'' and the nature of the mind, and the originally radical position that the only means of becoming liberated from rebirth is to achieve the same exalted status as the Buddha. (Source: [https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/the-buddhist-self-on-tathagatagarbha-and-atman/ University of Hawai'i Press]) University of Hawai'i Press false The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman Jones, Christopher V. ''The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman''. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020.;The Buddhist Self;History of buddha-nature in India;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Early Buddhism;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism;ātman;anātman;tathāgatagarbha;Christopher V. Jones;The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman false The Buddhist Self-front.jpg Jones, Christopher Christopher Jones 2020 Academic Publications A methodical examination of Indian teaching about the ''tathāgatagarbha'' (“Buddha-nature”) and foundational Buddhist teachings about 'not-self' (''anātman''). In 2021 ''The Buddhist Self'' was awarded the Toshihide Numata Book Award. 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