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In Buddhist philosophy and soteriology, Buddha-nature (Chinese: fóxìng 佛性, Japanese: busshō, Vietnamese: Phật tính, Sanskrit: buddhatā, buddha-svabhāva) is the innate potential for all sentient beings to become a Buddha or the fact that all sentient beings already have a pure Buddha-essence within themselves. "Buddha-nature" is the common English translation for several related Mahāyāna 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 Buddhism and later in 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 afflictions, 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 recognized for what it is.

The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (2nd century CE), which was very influential in the Chinese reception of these teachings, linked the concept of tathāgatagārbha with the buddhadhātu. The term buddhadhātu originally referred to the relics of Gautama Buddha. In the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, it came to be used in place of the concept of tathāgatagārbha, reshaping the worship of physical relics of the historical Buddha into worship of the inner Buddha as a principle of salvation.

The primordial or undefiled mind, the tathāgatagārbha, is also often equated with the Buddhist philosophical concept of emptiness (śūnyatā, a Mādhyamaka concept); with the storehouse-consciousness (ālāyavijñāna, a Yogācāra concept); and with the interpenetration of all dharmas (in East Asian traditions like Huayan). The belief in Buddha-nature is central to East Asian Buddhism, which relies on key Buddha-nature sources like the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. In Tibetan Buddhism, the concept of Buddha-nature is equally important and often studied through the key Indian treatise on Buddha-nature, the Ratnagotravibhāga (3rd–5th century CE).

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Tozan’s Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jun 08 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00252

Class 4 of 9

Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Nirvana, Enemies, Samsara, Ego, Attachment, Intimacy, Doubt...
Jun 06 1996
4
Berkeley Zen Center

June 4th, 1996, Serial No. 02829

Buddha Nature, Karma, Delusion
Jun 04 1996

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00251

Class 3 of 9

Buddha Nature, Repentance, Nirvana Sutra, Evil, Duality, Karma, Confession-and-...
May 30 1996
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #25

Serial: BZ-00803B

Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture

Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...
May 25 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00250

Class 2 of 9

Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch...
May 24 1996
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Evil, Manjushri, Dragons, Vow, Buddha Nature, Emptiness,...
May 23 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Taking Care of Oneself, Others and Objects of the World

Serial: SF-02752

One-day sitting - Buddhist practice is just taking care of people, objects, spaces, body and mind.

Priest, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Bowing, Transmission, Buddha Mind,...
May 18 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00810B

Emptying Out, Transfer Merit, Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Merit, Silent Illumination, Instruction, Book of Serenity, Samadhi...
Feb 25 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Meal Chant

Serial: BZ-00810A

Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,...
Feb 18 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Eight Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-00811B

Saturday Lecture

Eight Awarenesses, Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra,...
Feb 11 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

ial No. 00785

Serial: BZ-00785

Evening lecture 3 found in rohatsu tapes 1996

Big Mind, First Principle, Ego, Evil, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...
1996

Serial 00786, Side B

Intuition, Karmic Consequences, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Big...
1996

Desert Spirituality / Cassian and Diadochus

Serial: NC-00005

Session 1 & 2 of "Continual Prayer in Eastern and Western Christianity"

Talk 1: The Pursuit of Continual Prayer in Desert Spirituality

Talk 2: The...

OSB Cam, Buddha Nature, Buddha, Posture, Buddhism, Instruction
1996
1 of 2
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Dogen's Four Methods of Guidance

Serial: BZ-00814A

Saturday Lecture

Four Methods of Guidance, New Year, Offering, Greed, Precepts, Renunciation, Anger,...
Dec 14 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Gratitude, Constant Practice and the Consciousnesses

Serial: BZ-00815A

Rohatsu Day 7

Gratitude, Consciousness, Gratitude, Big Mind, Ego, Buddha Nature, Repentance,...
Dec 09 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816B

Rohatsu Day 5

Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Practice Period, Ordination, Vinaya...
Dec 07 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816A

Rohatsu Day 4

Thoroughness, Buddha Nature, Ego, Posture, Religion, Repentance, Enemies, Passions,...
Dec 06 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00817B

Rohatsu Day 3

Posture, Discrimination, Building, War, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Harmonizing,...
Dec 05 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00817A

Rohatsu Day 2

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Karma, Evil, Nirvana, Impermanence, Family Practice,...
Dec 04 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Women in Buddhism Class

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Instruction, Lay, Religion, Balance...
Nov 13 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism

Serial: SF-00153

Class

Religion, Discrimination, Priest, Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Ego, Fundraising, Balance...
Oct 23 1995
1 of 6
Green Gulch Farm

Fukanzazengi

confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Duality, Non-...
Oct 14 1995

Causes and Conditions

Serial: SF-03660

One-day sitting

Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, Realization, Buddha Nature...
Oct 14 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Wholehearted Zen: Living Your Faith

Hsin Hsin Ming, Faith, Enthusiasm, Soto Zen, Nirvana Sutra, Gratitude, Vow, Birth-and...
Oct 11 1995
Unknown

Enlightenment to Faith in Practice

Serial: BZ-00821A

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Faith, Practice, Buddha Nature, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Vow, Ego,...
Sep 30 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Jodo Shinshu Practice

Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Gratitude, Chanting,...
Sep 23 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo #1

Serial: BZ-00824A

Sesshin Day 1

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Bell, Religion, Sangha, Anger, Nirvana Sutra,...
Sep 02 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Cultural Differences/Family Practice

Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...
Jul 22 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00745B

Lecture

Nirvana, Samsara, Duality, Precepts, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non...
Jul 12 1995
2 of 4
Tassajara

Zen Wisdom in Everyday Tasks

Ordinary Mind, Dragons, Buddha Nature, Bowing, Offering
Jul 10 1995

Karma

Serial: BZ-00829A

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Fox, Karma, Buddha Nature, Funeral, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice,...
Jul 08 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00830B

Saturday Lecture

Metta Sutta, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Peace, Nirvana, Gratitude,...
Jul 01 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Master Hongzhi/Three Bodies

Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Peace, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Subject-...
May 06 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Integrating Zen into Daily Work

Buddha Nature, Community, Sangha, Balance, Money
Apr 18 1995

Zen Harmony: Embracing Impermanence Together

Serial: RB-00935A

Sesshin

Practice, Buddha Nature, Sandokai
Apr 05 1995
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Transformative States of Consciousness

Serial: BZ-00762

Class 7 of 10

Discrimination, Absolute-and-Relative, Soto Zen, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...
Mar 09 1995
7
Tassajara

Memories of Suzuki Roshi

Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Mar 04 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Work Practice

Serial: BZ-00761

Class 6 of 10

Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality...
Mar 04 1995
6
Tassajara

Mumonkan Case #35

Happiness, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Interview, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...
Feb 25 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Embrace Present Awareness Authentically

Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Money
Feb 12 1995

Sandokai and Soto Practice

Serial: BZ-00947A

Lecture

Big Mind, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Ordinary...
Jan 14 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Ceremonies, Intention and Gratitude

Serial: BZ-00948A

Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Gratitude, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Karma, Demons,...
Dec 17 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra, Last Section

Serial: BZ-00949

Rohatsu Day 7

Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Ego,...
Dec 10 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Setting the Scene

Serial: BZ-00952B

Skandas and Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 4

Heart Sutra, Skandas, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Samadhi...
Dec 07 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #44

Serial: BZ-00954A

Becoming One with the Drum, Saturday Lecture

Oneness, BCR-44, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Concentration, Buddha Mind,...
Nov 19 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Stanford Practice, Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00955A

Lecture

Buddha Nature, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Daily Life...
Nov 12 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86

Serial: BZ-00957A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Gaining Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Duality, Blue Cliff...
Oct 15 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #12

Serial: BZ-00934B

Zuigan Calls Himself, Saturday Lecture

Zuigan, MM-12, Demons, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death...
Sep 24 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Working with the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00934A

Lecture

Precepts, Repentance, Vow, Interdependence, Buddha Nature, Enemies, Right Speech,...
Sep 17 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

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