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|description=''[[Aṅguttaranikāya]]'' mentions the luminous nature of the mind. | |description=''[[Aṅguttaranikāya]]'' mentions the luminous nature of the mind. | ||
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|description=''[[Aṣṭasahāsrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra]]'' states that the mind is luminous by nature. | |description=''[[Aṣṭasahāsrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra]]'' states that the mind is luminous by nature. | ||
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|date=c.100 CE | |date=c.100 CE | ||
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|description=[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]] (which [[Michael Radich]] dates as early as the 2nd Century) mentions ''tathāgathagarbha'' and used the term ātman to describe buddha-nature. | |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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|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. | |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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|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. | |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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|description=[[Tathāgathagarbhasūtra]] was perhaps translated into Chinese by [[Faju]]. | |description=[[Tathāgathagarbhasūtra]] was perhaps translated into Chinese by [[Faju]]. | ||
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|date=c.320 CE | |date=c.320 CE | ||
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|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'. | |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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|date=By 400 CE | |date=By 400 CE | ||
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|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. | |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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|description=[[Buddhabhadra]] and [[Faxian]] translates ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Chinese. | |description=[[Buddhabhadra]] and [[Faxian]] translates ''[[Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra]]'' into Chinese. | ||
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