About the interview
Clips from the interview
Clips from the Interview
Is Buddha-Nature a Radical Teaching?
; Key Terms/āgantukamala, Topics/Defining buddha-nature, Topics/Sentient beings, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
On His Book When the Clouds Part
; Key Terms/Kagyu, People/Sgam po pa, People/Maitrīpa, Key Terms/Tsen Tradition, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
On the Future of Buddha-Nature Studies
; Key Terms/Sakya, People/Klong chen pa, Key Terms/gzhan stong, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet
On the Origins and Authorship of the Uttaratantrashastra
; Texts/Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā, Topics/History of buddha-nature in Tibet, Topics/History of buddha-nature in India, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
The Debate over Buddha-Nature
; Key Terms/ātman, Topics/Defining buddha-nature, Topics/Debate(s), Disclosure model
Vajrayana Practice & Buddha-Nature
; Key Terms/āgantukamala, Key Terms/tha mal gyi shes pa, Topics/Mahamudra, Topics/Vajrayana, Topics/Potential or already-perfected, Dzogchen, Disclosure model
What Is Buddha-Nature?
; Topics/Defining buddha-nature
What Is Luminosity?
; Topics/Buddha-nature as Luminosity
What Is the Purpose of Buddha-Nature Teachings?
; Key Terms/āgantukamala, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, Disclosure model
Which Tibetans Wrote about Buddha-Nature?
; People/'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal, People/'jam mgon kong sprul, People/Karmapa, 3rd, People/Dol po pa, People/Mi pham rgya mtsho, People/Karmapa, 8th, People/ShAkya mchog ldan, People/Klong chen pa, People/TA ra nA tha, Topics/The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra
Why Study Buddha-Nature?
; Topics/Defining buddha-nature, Topics/Christian thought and Buddha-Nature
Emptiness or Luminosity: What's the Deal?
; Key Terms/śūnyatā, Key Terms/prabhāsvaratā, Disclosure model
