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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Clips from the Interview
| Buddha-nature has controversial points. | |
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| 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. |
