Towards a Textual Discourse Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature by Gregory Forgues

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Towards a Textual Discourse Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature by Gregory Forgues

January 26, 2023

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Towards a Textual Discourse Analysis of Longchenpa's Writings on Buddha Nature by Gregory Forgues
January 26, 2023 ·

Gregory Forgues presents his research on Longchenpa's writings on Buddha nature. This presentation offers a new perspective on the discourse of Longchenpa (Klong chen rab ’byams pa dri med 'od zer 1308–1363) regarding the central doctrinal concept of bde gshegs snying po (*sugatagarbha), a synonym for de gshegs snying po (tathāgatagarbha).

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sugatagarbha - Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the Bliss Gone One(s)," a synonym for tathāgatagarbha that is likewise often rendered into English by the term buddha-nature. Though it is often back translated into Sanskrit as sugatagarbha, this term is not found in Sanskrit sources. Skt. सुगतगर्भ Tib. བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོ་

sugatagarbha - Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the Bliss Gone One(s)," a synonym for tathāgatagarbha that is likewise often rendered into English by the term buddha-nature. Though it is often back translated into Sanskrit as sugatagarbha, this term is not found in Sanskrit sources. Skt. सुगतगर्भ Tib. བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོ་