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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October 28th, 2004, Serial No. 01027, Side A

Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...
Oct 28 2004

October 16th, 2004, Serial No. 01284

Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma, Subject-and-Object,...
Oct 16 2004

Heaven and Hell and Nirvana

Serial: BZ-01566

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Six Realms, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma,...
Oct 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

September 26th, 2004, Serial No. 01281

Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Precious Mirror, Nirvana Sutra, Hindrances, Heart...
Sep 26 2004

Practice in Daily Life

Serial: BZ-01280C

Integrating the Spiritual and the Mundane, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Renewal, Duality,...
Sep 25 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

September 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01247

Heart Sutra, Liberation, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Culture, Daily...
Sep 18 2004

Gakudo Yojin-Shu (last): Practicing Within the Obstructions

Serial: BZ-01270B

Staining, Not Breaking Precepts, Sesshin Day 4

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Hindrances, Precepts, confusion, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...
Jun 19 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8

Serial: BZ-01268

Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Observe, Bowing, Dharma...
Jun 17 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojunshu, Point #7

Serial: BZ-01267

Turning Dharma and Being Turned by Dharma, Sesshin Day 1

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dogen, Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Buddha Mind, Obstacles, Silent...
Jun 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki-rôshi 100th Birth Memorial

Serial: BZ-01265

Gutei's One Finger, Monkey Mind, Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Shikantaza, Monkey Mind, Gaining Mind, Obstacles, Practice...
May 29 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

May 20th, 2004, Serial No. 01023, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Gaining Mind,...
May 20 2004

Book of Serenity: Case #4

Serial: BZ-01254

What Is A Practice Place?, Saturday Lecture

SER-4, Sanctuary, Big Mind, Posture, Funeral, Book of Serenity, resistance,...
Mar 13 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

February 29th, 2004, Serial No. 00582

Funeral, Birth-and-Death, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Karma, Offering, Sixth Patriarch,...
Feb 29 2004

2004.02.27-serial.00091

Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Heart Sutra, Impermanence, New Year, Subject-and-Object...
Feb 27 2004

Digging Deep: Getting to the Bottom of the Soup Pot

Serial: BZ-01250

Getting to the Bottom of Ourselves, Sesshin Day 3

Buddha Nature, Happiness, Dragons, confusion, Bowing, Liberation, Discrimination,...
Feb 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #29

Serial: BZ-01249

It Will Be Gone With the Others, Sesshin Day 2

BCR-29, Birth-and-Death, Silence, resistance, Five Ranks, Bodhisattva Vow, Liberation...
Feb 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Precept of Not Killing

Serial: BZ-01383

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Karma, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Doubt, War, Dependent Origination,...
Feb 07 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #5

Serial: BZ-01382

Saturday Lecture

BCR-5, First Principle, Beginners, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Manjushri, Duality,...
Jan 31 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

2004.01.19-serial.00212

training, Buddha Nature, Bell, Enthusiasm, Koan
Jan 19 2004

Dogen's Chiji Shingi

Serial: BZ-01376B

The Head Gardener, Rohatsu Day 7

Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Continuous, Daily Life, Dragons, Intuition, Monastic...
Dec 07 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01374

The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5

Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-...
Dec 05 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

What About the Moment When Going Beyond Duality?

Serial: BZ-01370B

Rohatsu Day 1

Duality, Instruction, Priest, Continuous, Silence, Daily Life, Duality, Posture,...
Dec 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

2003.11.19-serial.00156

Serial: SF-00156

Wednesday talk.
Ecopsychology; desires, needs, narcissism; nurturing through zazen.

Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Echo, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego,...
Nov 19 2003

Religion: A Necessary Evil

Serial: BZ-01355

Sesshin Day 3

Religion, Evil, Religion, Fox, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Evil, Intuition, soto, Lotus...
Sep 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Karma

Serial: BZ-01351

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Karma, Conversation, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Teacher-and-...
Jul 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

2003.07.23-serial.00295

Tanka, Practice Period, Hate, Buddha Nature, Ceremony
Jul 23 2003

Equanimity and the Eternal Moment

Serial: BZ-01346

Time and Transformation; Two Truths, Sesshin Day 4

Equanimity, Time, Two Truths, Equanimity, Attachment, Concentration, Karma, Intimacy...
Jun 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, Precepts

Serial: BZ-00137

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva...
May 31 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

May 14th, 2003, Serial No. 00138, Side A

Culture, War, Liberation, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Building, Diversity,...
May 14 2003

March 30th, 2003, Serial No. 00544

Buddha Ancestors, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Discrimination,...
Mar 30 2003

March 1st, 2003, Serial No. 00464

Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha...
Mar 01 2003

2003.02.21-serial.00027

Continuous, Monastic Practice, confusion, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Daily Life,...
Feb 21 2003

2003.02.18-serial.00167

Continuous, Dependent Origination, Don't Know Mind, Dragons, Offering, Culture,...
Feb 18 2003

2003.02.15-serial.00162

Continuous, true dharma, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Instruction, Buddha...
Feb 15 2003

ial No. 00290

Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...
2003

Practice Walking Like an Elephant or a Cow

Serial: BZ-00174B

Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 4

Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Dharma...
Dec 05 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Everyday Life Is Like a Movie

Serial: BZ-00173B

The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2

Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 03 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Turtle Practice: Big Mind, Soft Mind

Serial: BZ-00173A

Monkey Mind, Rohatsu Day 1

Monkey Mind, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, stubbornness, Mindfulness, Pure...
Dec 02 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

2002.10.19-serial.00059

Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,...
Oct 19 2002
City Center

September 19th, 2002, Serial No. 00455

confusion, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Evil, Nirvana, Cultivation, Anger,...
Sep 19 2002

Blue Cliff Record: Case #9

Serial: BZ-00233B

Joshu's Four Gates, Sesshin Day 2

Joshu, BCR-9, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Oneness,...
Sep 01 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #9

Serial: BZ-00233A

Nonattained Buddha and Polishing the Tile, Sesshin Day 1

Buddha, MM-9, Lotus Sutra, Bodhidharma, Monkey Mind, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Peace...
Aug 31 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

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