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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OLD - If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind in a Dualistic WaySerial: 65-07-28-C Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Religion, Pain |
Jul 28 1965 C Sokoji |
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If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic WaySerial: SF-05126D Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 Side 1: Wednesday 1pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, confusion |
Jul 28 1965 C Sokoji |
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OLD - If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic WaySerial: SF-05260A Tape #1 Summer Sesshin Wed July 28 1965; side 2: 1pm instruction, continued on tape #2 - (copy) first of three tapes: SR001 Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind |
Jul 28 1965 Sokoji |
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OLD -If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic WaySerial: SF-05901B 1pm lecture (continued on tape #2) Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Anger, Religion, Faith |
Jul 28 1965 Sokoji |
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Forgotten the Value of ReligionSerial: SF-05101A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #5, by Shundo David Haye ===== The oldest recordings of Suzuki Roshi made at Sokoji, the home of the San Francisco Zen Center at the... Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Inmost Nature, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Buddha... |
Jul 27 1965 1:00pm Sokoji |
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Wisdom Seeks For WisdomSerial: SF-05128A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #2, by Shundo David Haye ===== Among the tapes previously known to exist in the Zen Center archives, the earliest were from a sesshin... Precepts, Genjokoan, Instruction, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Buddha Mind,... |
Jul 22 1965 Los Altos |
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Unknown year, August talk, Serial 01004 Buddha Nature, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Commitment, Concentration, Letting Go,... |
Aug 22 198 Unknown |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00049 Evil, training, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Desire |
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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: SR-00143 Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen” Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the... Buddha Nature, lecture, Hate, zen, Pain, reality |
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Introduction to Vajrayana II, Serial 00040 Buddha Nature, Echo, Sutra, Delusion, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Describe... |
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Introduction to Vajrayana, Serial 00041 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Ceremony, Subject-and-Object, Breath,... |
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Introduction to Vajrayana I, Serial 00042 Birth-and-Death, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Subject-and-Object, Breath, Peace... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00241 Birth-and-Death, Duality, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Doubt, Buddha... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00291, Side B Precepts, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Transmission... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00421, Side B Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Lineage, Anger, soto, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Rinzai,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00755 Discrimination, Five Ranks, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Buddha... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00778 true dharma, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous, Buddha... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00786, Side B Intuition, Karmic Consequences, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Continuous, Big Mind,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00950, Side B Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ego, Duality, Birth-and-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00951, Side B Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Platform Sutra, Subject-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 01182 Birth-and-Death, Absolute-and-Relative, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind,... |
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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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Unknown Date, Serial 00363 Precepts, Impermanence, Continuous, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Fifth Precept... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00366 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Fifth Precept, Don't Know Mind, Greed, Lay, Emotions,... |
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