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| |ArticleContent=Buddhism, with its manifold jeweled nets of cause and effect and co-dependent arisings, naturally has various articulations of the concept of buddhanature. Shinnyo-en traces its idea of buddhanature through various threads of Mahayana Buddhism, which comprises a large number of sutras and commentaries. The idea that anyone has the potential to become a buddha is a prominent theme found amongst the schools of Mahayana Buddhism. As it is expressed in a key phrase found in the Mahayana ''Mahaparinirvana Sutra'', often referred to as the ''Nirvana Sutra'', is: "All sentient beings have a buddha-nature." | | |ArticleContent=Buddhism, with its manifold jeweled nets of cause and effect and co-dependent arisings, naturally has various articulations of the concept of buddhanature. Shinnyo-en traces its idea of buddhanature through various threads of Mahayana Buddhism, which comprises a large number of sutras and commentaries. The idea that anyone has the potential to become a buddha is a prominent theme found amongst the schools of Mahayana Buddhism. As it is expressed in a key phrase found in the Mahayana ''Mahaparinirvana Sutra'', often referred to as the ''Nirvana Sutra'': "All sentient beings have a buddha-nature." |
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| In Sanskrit, the language in which the ''Mahaparinirvana Sutra'' was most likely first written, the word for buddhanature is ''buddha-dhatu''. "Dhatu" conveys a sense of essence or quality, indicating that "buddhaness" is the true essence or quality of all beings, and as a result, all beings possess the possibility of becoming a buddha. It is a very optimistic approach to the nature of humanity. ([https://www.lionsroar.com/glimpses-of-buddhanature/ Read more here]) | | In Sanskrit, the language in which the ''Mahaparinirvana Sutra'' was most likely first written, the word for buddhanature is ''buddha-dhatu''. "Dhatu" conveys a sense of essence or quality, indicating that "buddhaness" is the true essence or quality of all beings, and as a result, all beings possess the possibility of becoming a buddha. It is a very optimistic approach to the nature of humanity. ([https://www.lionsroar.com/glimpses-of-buddhanature/ Read more here]) |
