Buddha Nature Initiative:About

Buddha-Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative

DEAR Reader,

We hope you are enjoying this multimedia resource hub for scripture, scholarship, and teachings on buddha-nature. Please feel free to provide feedback at any time by using the Feedback button on any page. We will respond quickly to your request and make changes or additions as soon as we can.

The purpose of the buddha-nature website is to provide a resource hub for trustworthy information for learning about and teaching the concept of buddha-nature, its associated texts, teachings, lineages, and relevant Buddhist ideas. Unique content will be shared here and the site will act as a broker for other projects and authors that have already created quality materials, which we will curate for a wide range of audiences.

Site Guide

Discover Designed with the beginner in mind, these slides will introduce the main themes and issues related to the concept of Buddha-Nature in Buddhism.

What is Buddha-Nature?

The Questions

The History

The Texts

The Traditions

The People

Multimedia List

Dharma Teachings List

Explore Go deeper into the details of the ideas and philosophical questions that have generated debate for centuries.

Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium Event Page

Writer-in-digital-residence

Explore The Questions

Explore The Ideas

Explore The People

Explore The History

Explore The Topics

The Seven Vajra Topics

The Nine Similes

The Traditions of Ngok and Tsen

Other-Emptiness and the Great Middle Way

Mahāmudrā & Buddha-Nature

Dzogchen & Buddha-Nature

Tantra & Buddha-Nature

Contemporary Masters on Buddha-Nature

The Library A curated space for publications on buddha-nature including original writings and recordings.
Books	Dissertations
Articles	Interviews
Sutras	Commentaries
People	Multimedia
Buddha-Nature Glossary

The Literature Texts and multilingual resources on buddha-nature. Including primary and secondary sources as well as an expanded presentation of the root verses.

Primary Sources

The Ratnagotravibhaga

The Multilingual Root Text

Sutra Sources

Commentary Sources

Secondary Sources

Explore Go deeper into the details of the ideas and philosophical questions that have generated debate for centuries.

Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium Event Page

Writer-in-digital-residence

Explore The Questions

Explore The Ideas

Explore The People

Explore The History

Explore The Topics

The Seven Vajra Topics

The Nine Similes

The Traditions of Ngok and Tsen

Other-Emptiness and the Great Middle Way

Mahāmudrā & Buddha-Nature

Dzogchen & Buddha-Nature

Tantra & Buddha-Nature

Contemporary Masters on Buddha-Nature

Resources Study, Research, Teach

The Bibliography

Tsadra Translations Glossary Search

Dharma Teachings

Multimedia

For Students

For Teachers

Frequently Asked Questions

Ask the writer-in-residence

Events

Recent Essays

Advanced Search

Project Staff

• Director and Website Administrator: Eric Colombel
• Project Director and Lead Editor: Marcus Perman, Tsadra Foundation
• Designer and Web Master: Jeremi Plazas, Tsadra Foundation
• Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2017-2019: Alexander Gardner, Treasury of Lives
• Lead Writer-In-Digital-Residence 2020-2022: TBD
• Archivist and Contributor: Morten Ostensen, Tsadra Foundation
• Editors and Contributors:
  • Alex Catanese, Tsadra Foundation
  • Gwen Witt Dörring, Tsadra Foundation
• Author Contributors and Advisors:
  • His Holiness the 17th Karmapa
  • Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Naropa University
  • Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Bodhicarya.org
  • Karl Brunnhölzl, Nitartha Institute
  • Elizabeth Callahan, Tsadra Foundation
  • Wulstan Fletcher, Padmakara Translation Group and Tsadra Foundation
  • Tokpa Tulku, Sangye Yeshe Institute and Rangjung Yeshe Institute
  • Klaus-Dieter Mathes, University of Vienna
  • Douglas Duckworth, Temple University

Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests or would like to contribute to this project, please feel free to contact us: Research at tsadra dot org

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