Klaus-Dieter Mathes Interview on Buddha-Nature

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! Buddha-nature has controversial points.
! Buddha-nature has controversial points.
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! Do you accept Buddhahood or not?
! Do you accept buddhahood or not?
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! Mathes talks about reification and two approaches in the Karma Kagyu Tradition.
! Mathes talks about reification and two approaches in the Karma Kagyu Tradition.
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! Mystic comes from a word that means to close ones eyes, but in Buddhism you are opening your eyes.
! Mystic comes from a word that means to close ones eyes, but in Buddhism you are opening your eyes.
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! Different approaches to buddha-nature—the debates are alive and well in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist communities.
! Different approaches to buddha-nature—the debates are alive and well in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist communities.
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Buddha-Nature in Comparative Perspective, an Interview with Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Klaus-Dieter Mathes
2018/04/24
Interview
Article

Klaus-Dieter Mathes, Head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna, granted an interview to Marcus Perman and Alex Gardner @ buddha-nature.tsadra.org on April 24, 2018. The discussion is almost an hour long and ranges from Klaus' personal interest in buddha-nature teachings to his ongoing and detailed research projects on the subject. Mathes discusses buddha-nature and the key ideas behind it, the controversies it generates, and some of the related Buddhist philosophy in comparative perspective.

Listen to Audio Only or Download mp3:


Clips from the Interview

Buddha-nature has controversial points.
Do you accept buddhahood or not?
Mathes talks about reification and two approaches in the Karma Kagyu Tradition.
Mystic comes from a word that means to close ones eyes, but in Buddhism you are opening your eyes.
Different approaches to buddha-nature—the debates are alive and well in contemporary Tibetan Buddhist communities.