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• Texts/Tathāgatagarbhasūtra  + (An important sūtra source for the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'', particularly for its discussion of the nine examples that illustrate how all sentient beings possess buddha-nature.)
• Articles/The Nirvana Debate: Joseph Goldstein Extract  + (An teaching by a contemporary American Buddhist on buddha-nature.)
• Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos zhes bya ba'i mchan 'grel  + (As one of Khenpo Zhenga's interlinear commentaries to the major Indian treatises, this text is widely studied in modern monastic universities.)
• Texts/Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā  + (As the commentary to the ''Uttaratantra'' this is a crucial source text on the topic of buddha-nature.)
• Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel ba gsal ba nyi ma'i snying po  + (Based on the Third Karmapa’s topical outline (''bsdus don'') of the ''Uttaratantra''.)
• Texts/Bde gshegs snying po'i bkra shis  + (Benedictory prayers using the theme of Buddha-Nature)

• Articles/The Dharma of Liberation  + (Buddha-nature is depicted as an assumed part of the doctrine.)

• Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings  + (Chapter Eight: Immanent Wisdom addresses the theme of buddha-nature in Mipam's writings)
• Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig dang don gyi cha rgya cher bsnyad pa phra ba'i don gsal ba  + (Commentary on the Uttaratantra by one of the early Kadam scholars representing the rngog lugs and the scholastic tradition of Sangpu Neutok.)
• Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos legs bshad nyi ma'i 'od zer  + (Dolpopa's commentary on the ''Uttaratantra'', which is one of the major sources for the presentation of his unique Zhentong view.)
• In Praise of Dharmadhātu  + (Due to its content it was one of the only works attributed to Nāgārjuna that is consistently cited in support of buddha-nature theory by Tibetan authors.)
• Mipam on Buddha-Nature  + (In presenting a "comprehensive overview of … In presenting a "comprehensive overview of Tibetan Buddhist thinker Mipam’s work on emptiness and Buddha-nature," Douglas Duckworth is providing us with a key perspective on buddha-nature from the Nyingma tradition, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)
• Buddha-Nature and Emptiness  + (Kano's book is an essential work on buddha-nature textual studies in Tibetan traditions.)
• A Buddha Within: The Tathāgatagarbhasūtra  + (Key book in the field on the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra from a German scholar.)
• The Life and Works of Kyotön Monlam Tsultrim  + (Many important early Tibetan works on Buddha-Nature are reproduced in this volume.)
• Texts/Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dpal ldan dus gsum mkhyen pa'i zhal lung dwags brgyud grub pa'i shing rta  + (Mikyö Dorje explains the transmission of M … Mikyö Dorje explains the transmission of Middle Way teachings and covers the topic of provisional and definitive teachings, buddha-nature and ultimate truth. He also comments on Candrakīrti's interpretation of buddha-nature teachings as provisional in his auto-commentary.ngs as provisional in his auto-commentary.)
• Texts/Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra  + (Often included as one of the tathāgatarbha sūtras and, or, the sūtras that teach the definitive meaning.)
• Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra  + (One of the more often read and popular translations that includes commentary from Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso along with Jamgon Kongtrul's main commentary on the Uttaratantrashastra.)
• Texts/Sarvabuddhaviśayāvatārajñānālokālaṃkārasūtra  + (One of the sūtra sources referenced several times in the ''Uttaratantra''.)
• Texts/Theg pa chen po'i bstan bcos rgyud bla ma'i sa bcad  + (Outline of Ratnagotravibhāga)
• Buddha-Nature, Mind and the Problem of Gradualism in a Comparative Perspective  + (Ruegg's first publication on the topic of buddha-nature since his seminal work in 1966.)
• Texts/Dhāraṇīśvararājasūtra  + (Stated to be the primary sutra source for the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' in that it contains teachings on all seven of the ''vajrapadas''.)
• Texts/Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra  + (The ''Uttaratantra'' cites a verse from the ''Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra'' that appears in the section titled the ''Daśabhūmikasūtra''.)
• Texts/Dasheng qixin lun  + (The Awakening of Faith is a key source text for buddha-nature theory in East Asian Buddhism)
• Texts/Kǔmgang sammae kyǒng  + (The Vajrasamādhi is a foundational scripture for buddha-nature and original enlightenment theory in East Asia.)
• Path to Buddhahood: Teachings on Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation  + (The first chapter is a commentary by modern Tibetan master Ringu Tulku Rinpoche on buddha-nature, as presented by Gampopa in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.)
• The Great Medicine  + (The section on "The Identification of the Awakened Mind" (pages 29-34) contains extensive discussion of buddha-nature.)
• Texts/Shōbōgenzō  + (The third book of the ''Shōbōgenzō'' presents Dōgen's views on ''busshō'' (buddha-nature).)
• Mipham's Sword of Wisdom: The Nyingma Approach to Valid Cognition  + (This book includes a translation of a root … This book includes a translation of a root text, ''The Sword of Wisdom that Ascertains Reality'', and a commentary by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche titled, ''The Radiant Light of the Sun and Moon'', and gives an easily understandable overview of valid cognition as it is understood in the Nyingma lineage. Thus, it is helpful in forming a knowledge base to approach the philosophically arguments supporting and refuting the doctrine of buddha-nature.nd refuting the doctrine of buddha-nature.)
• Texts/Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i don bsdus pa  + (This is an essential text for the study of buddha-nature teachings in Tibet as its author and his teachings formed the basis for one of the two major schools of thought on Maitreya's teachings.)
• Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature  + (This is an important commentary on the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' for the Sakya tradition.)
• The Sublime Continuum and Its Explanatory Commentary  + (This is the core commentary by Gyaltsap Je used in the Geluk tradition to study the Uttaratantrashastra.)