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From Buddha-Nature
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The Vajrasamādhi is a foundational scripture for buddha-nature and original enlightenment theory in East Asia. +
This text is included among the class of tathāgatagarbha sūtras and features several important concepts related to buddha-nature, such as the singe vehicle and a universal element possessed by sentient beings that is equated with the ultimately pure nature of the mind. It also includes some proto-Zhentong explanations of emptiness as an absence of the extraneous, rather than an inherent quality of nothing-ness. +
Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi nges don gsal bar byed pa'i rin po che'i gron me +
A lengthy commentary that presents the ''Uttaratantra'' in a positive light and opposes the positions of earlier scholars from Sangpu Neutok, such as Ngok and Chapa. Some scholars of the Nyingma school have mistakenly assumed this to be a work of Longchenpa. +
Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi 'grel bshad de kho na nyid rab tu gsal ba'i me long +
An important Kagyu commentary to the ''Uttaratantra'' that presents the text from the point of view of the Mahāmudrā teachings. +
This text by Maitreya/Asanga is the main source of buddha-nature teachings in India and Tibet. +
Often included as one of the tathāgatarbha sūtras and, or, the sūtras that teach the definitive meaning. +
Though this work isn't necessarily about buddha-nature, it is highly relevant to this topic for Sakya Paṇḍita's criticism of the proponents of the ''Uttaratantra'' and became an important source for the Sakya school's position on the polemical issues that surround this topic. These critical positions would be reiterated by later generations of scholars of the Sakya and Geluk traditions. +
Texts/Dbu ma la 'jug pa'i rnam bshad dpal ldan dus gsum mkhyen pa'i zhal lung dwags brgyud grub pa'i shing rta +
Mikyö Dorje explains the transmission of Middle Way teachings and covers the topic of provisional and definitive teachings, buddha-nature and ultimate truth. He also comments on Candrakīrti's interpretation of buddha-nature teachings as provisional in his auto-commentary. +
Though this is generally considered an important source text for the Madhayamaka teachings, it is quoted in the ''Uttaratantra'', though it is not explicitly cited as the source of the quotation. +
Benedictory prayers using the theme of Buddha-Nature +
Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos kyi tshig dang don gyi cha rgya cher bsnyad pa phra ba'i don gsal ba +
Commentary on the Uttaratantra by one of the early Kadam scholars representing the rngog lugs and the scholastic tradition of Sangpu Neutok. +
The third book of the ''Shōbōgenzō'' presents Dōgen's views on ''busshō'' (buddha-nature). +
A synopsis of the ''Uttaratantra'' by one of the early Kadam scholars of Sangpu Neutok Monastery. +
