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* Read about the history of the study of buddha-nature in the west.
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* What is the main source of buddha-nature teachings? '''Read''' [[Articles/On_the_Ratnagotravibhāga|On the Ratnagotravibhāga]]
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* [[Research/Primary Sources|Study the source texts here]]
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* [[The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows]] by [[Tsering Wangchuk]], 2017 - A complete study of buddha-nature thought throughout Tibetan history.
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Revision as of 18:04, 3 January 2019


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Read the translation of the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga or explore the texts and commentaries of the tradition in their original languages.


What is buddha-nature?
Is buddha-nature emptiness or luminosity?
How did buddha-nature thought develop?
The theory of buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha, for the most part)--that all sentient beings somehow possess the innate buddhahood or potential to become buddhas--seems to have appeared in India as early as the Second Century CE before spreading to China and Tibet and beyond. The concept seems to have initially been taught as a means of inspiration, offered in response to the seeming nihilism of Madhyamaka emptiness-theory, as well as to the Yogācāra doctrine of Three Natures which restricted buddhahood to only a select few. For this reason scholars mostly agree that buddha-nature theory developed alongside--rather than part of--the two main Indian Mayāyāna Buddhist doctrinal schools, and great thinkers of each have both embraced it and rejected elements of the teaching. Buddha-nature was taught in a handful of early Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra and the Śrīmālādevīsūtra, and systematized first in the Ratnagotravibhāga, a treatise composed before the year 498 (when it was brought to China). From there it appears to have permeated most Buddhist schools, becoming a significant topic of debate among them.
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How do I engage with buddha-nature in my practice?
  • Practicing buddha-nature
  • Revealing buddha-nature
  • Talking about buddha-nature