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| + | |date=By 100 BCE | ||
| + | |image=Aṅguttaranikāya.png | ||
| + | |description=''[[Aṅguttaranikāya]]'' mentions the luminous nature of the mind. | ||
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| + | |date=By 100 CE | ||
| + | |image=Aṣṭasahāsrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra.jpg | ||
| + | |imagePosition=50% 10% | ||
| + | |description=''[[Aṣṭasahāsrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra]]'' states that the mind is luminous by nature. | ||
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| + | |date=c.100 CE | ||
| + | |image=Sui Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra.jpeg | ||
| + | |description=[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]] (which [[Michael Radich]] dates as early as the 2nd Century) mentions ''tathāgathagarbha'' and used the term ātman to describe buddha-nature. | ||
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| + | |date=c.200 CE | ||
| + | |image=Amoghavajra_14_century_National_Museum_Tokyo_Wikipedia.jpg | ||
| + | |imagePosition=50% 20% | ||
| + | |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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| + | {{TimelineEntry | ||
| + | |date=c.200 CE | ||
| + | |image=Nagarjuna_thangka.jpg | ||
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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. | ||
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| + | {{TimelineEntry | ||
| + | |date=c.300 CE | ||
| + | |image=Amoghavajra_14_century_National_Museum_Tokyo_Wikipedia.jpg | ||
| + | |imagePosition=50% 20% | ||
| + | |description=[[Tathāgathagarbhasūtra]] was perhaps translated into Chinese by [[Faju]]. | ||
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| + | {{TimelineEntry | ||
| + | |date=c.320 CE | ||
| + | |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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| + | {{TimelineEntry | ||
| + | |date=By 400 CE | ||
| + | |description=''[[Mahābherīsūtra]]'' (which was translated into Chinese by [[Guṇabhadra]]) equates buddha-nature with ''dharmakāya''. [[Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta]] (which [[Jonathan Silk]] dates at least before the earliest 5th century) mentions how sentient beings, bodhisattvas and buddhas are three phase of the buddha-nature being impure, partially obscured and fully pure. | ||
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| + | |date=c.417 CE | ||
| + | |image=Faxian_Quora.jpg | ||
| + | |imagePosition=50% 25% | ||
| + | |description=[[Buddhabhadra]] and [[Faxian]] translates ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Chinese. | ||
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Revision as of 18:01, 14 December 2021
c.100 CE
Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (which Michael Radich dates as early as the 2nd Century) mentions tathāgathagarbha and used the term ātman to describe buddha-nature.
c.200 CE
Tathāgatagarbhasūtra (as dated by Michael Zimmermann) and other scriptures later considered as sūtras teaching tathāgathagarbha were circulating and promoted the concept of buddha-nature.
c.200 CE
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.
c.320 CE
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'.
By 400 CE
Mahābherīsūtra (which was translated into Chinese by Guṇabhadra) equates buddha-nature with dharmakāya. Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta (which Jonathan Silk dates at least before the earliest 5th century) mentions how sentient beings, bodhisattvas and buddhas are three phase of the buddha-nature being impure, partially obscured and fully pure.
