Buddha Nature Talks
In Buddhist philosophy, Buddha-nature is the potential for all sentient beings to become a Buddha or the fact that all beings already have a pure buddha-essence within. "Buddha-nature" is the common English translation for several related Mahayana Buddhist terms, most notably tathāgatagarbha and buddhadhātu, but also sugatagarbha, and buddhagarbha. Tathāgatagarbha can mean "the womb" or "embryo" (garbha) of the "thus-gone one" (tathāgata), and can also mean "containing a tathāgata". Buddhadhātu can mean "buddha-element," "buddha-realm" or "buddha-substrate".
Buddha-nature has a wide range of (sometimes conflicting) meanings in Indian and later East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist literature. Broadly speaking, it refers to the belief that the luminous mind, "the natural and true state of the mind," which is pure (visuddhi) mind undefiled by kleshas, is inherently present in every sentient being, and is eternal and unchanging. It will shine forth when it is cleansed of the defilements, that is, when the nature of mind is recognised for what it is.
The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (written 2nd century CE), which was very influential in the Chinese reception of these teachings, linked the concept of tathāgatagarbha with the buddhadhātu. The term buddhadhātu originally referred to buddha relics. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa, it came to be used in place of the concept of tathāgatagārbha, reshaping the worship of physical buddha relics of the Buddha into worship of the inner Buddha as a principle of salvation.
The primordial or undefiled mind, the tathagatagarbha, is also often equated with emptiness; with the alayavijñana ("storehouse-consciousness", a yogacara concept); and with the interpenetration of all dharmas (in East Asian traditions like Huayan). Buddha nature ideas are central to East Asian Buddhism, which relies on key buddha-nature sources like the Mahāparinirvāṇa. In Tibetan Buddhism, buddha-nature ideas are also important, and are often studied through the key Indian treatise on buddha-nature, the Ratnagotravibhāga.
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YYYY.02.03-serial.00010 Buddha Nature, Diversity, Impermanence, Ego, Attachment, Describe, Happiness, Subject... |
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YYYY.02.02-serial.00011 Religion, Emotions, Passions, Culture, Buddha Nature, soto, training, confusion, Vows... |
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YYYY.02.01-serial.00013 Buddha Nature, Attachment, Samadhi, Culture, Echo, Silence, Emotions, Offering... |
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YYYY.02.01-serial.00014 Concentration, Emotions, Culture, Buddha Nature, causation, training |
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YYYY.01.30-serial.00022 Buddha Nature, causation, Big Mind, Nirvana Sutra, Soto Zen, Don't Know Mind,... |
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YYYY.01.30-serial.00024 Buddha Nature, Interdependence, lecture, Fox, Samsara, Dragons, Instruction,... |
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YYYY.01.19-serial.00034 Practice Period, training, Silence, Family Practice, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Lineage... |
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YYYY.01.18-serial.00035 Oneness, Meditation, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Anger, Dharma... |
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YYYY.01.15-serial.00040 Hindrances, Beginners, difficulty, Vows, Nirvana Sutra, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors... |
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YYYY.01.15-serial.00041 Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Daily Life, Subject-and-Object, Repentance, Buddha Mind... |
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YYYY.01.14-serial.00043 Attachment, Buddha Nature, New Year, Bodhidharma, Dependent Origination, Describe,... |
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YYYY.01.30-serial.00066 Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Big Mind, causation, Subject-and-Object, Zendo,... |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00092 Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Interview, training, Offering, Passions,... |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00095 Buddha Nature, Compassion, Family Practice, Commitment, Oneness, Continuous,... |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00097 Buddha Nature, Politics, Oneness, Attachment |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00098B Meditation, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Non-discrimination, Nirvana Sutra, Passions,... |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00099A Buddha Nature, confusion |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00100 Family Practice, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Ego, Freedom, Describe, Happiness,... |
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OLD - Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is ThereSerial: SF-05912 Copy Master Suzuki Roshi 1969 summer sesshin lecture #1 - duplicate Five Ranks, Family Practice, Composure, Buddha Nature, Hate, Doubt |
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Buddhism and Psychotherapy Attachment, Observe, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Delusion, Heart Sutra,... |
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Deep Relaxation - 3 Touchings of the EarthSerial: SF-04823 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Peace, Buddha Nature, Anger, Chanting, Precepts, Happiness, Emotions, Faith |
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Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 3Serial: SF-03090 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Describe, Hate, training, Buddha Nature, Zendo, Doubt, Ego, Passions, Balance, Bell... |
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Transformation of Consciousness Karma, Addiction, Karmic Consequences, Freedom, Evil, Anger, Daily Life, Buddha... |
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Lecture on TibetSerial: SF-05340 Not Suzuki Roshi - lecture on Tibet-in-exile and HH Dalai Lama (both sides) Interview, Faith, New Year, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Instruction, Lay, training,... |
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NgondroSerial: SF-01858 Class 4 - Teacher/Student Teacher-and-Student, Discrimination, Obstacles, Commitment, confusion, Buddha Nature... |
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Lion's RoarSerial: SF-01904 Side A - end Lion's Roar; Side B - Q&A Emotions, Anger, Lineage, Liberation, Buddha Nature, confusion, realization, Subject-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01887 Duality, Buddha Nature, Karma, Non-duality, Teacher-and-Student, Don't Know Mind... |
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