Klaus-Dieter Mathes Interview on Buddha-Nature

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Buddha-Nature in Comparative Perspective, an Interview with Klaus-Dieter Mathes
Klaus-Dieter Mathes
2018/04/24
Interview
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In this interview, Professor Klaus-Dieter Mathes discusses buddha-nature and the key ideas behind it, the controversies it generates, and some of the related Buddhist philosophy in comparative perspective.


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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. File:Question2-Debates-Alive-and-Well-Mathes-Interview-4min-38sec.mp3