Buddha Nature Talks

In Buddhist philosophy and soteriology, Buddha-nature (Chinese: fóxìng 佛性, Japanese: busshō, 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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Sunday Lecture

Buddha Nature, New Year, Right Effort, Conversation, Vow, Practice Period, Suzuki...
Dec 31 2000
Green Gulch

Hongzhi's Second Method

Serial: BZ-00127A

Rohatsu Day 5

Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Aspects of Practice, Instruction, Lay, Dragons,...
Dec 08 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #36

Serial: BZ-00125A

Um-mon's “Everyone has their Light”, Rohatsu Day 1

Ummon, BCR-36, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Gaining Mind, Don't...
Dec 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Mill Valley, Buddha Nature, Delusion, true dharma, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-...
Dec 03 2000
Green Gulch

Preparing/Not Preparing for Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00124B

Saturday Lecture

Sesshin, Ego, Demons, Emotions, Posture, Equanimity, Buddha Nature, Obstacles,...
Dec 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000

Saturday Lecture

Letting Go, Karma, Gratitude, Faith, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 25 2000
City Center

Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha

Serial: BZ-00123B

Saturday Lecture

 

Buddha, Koan, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Thoroughness, Priest, Ordinary Mind,...
Nov 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

How Love Drives the World

Serial: BZ-00122B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation...
Nov 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Emptiness, confusion, Cultivation, Silent Illumination, Light-and-Darkness, Subject-...
Sep 18 2000
Unknown

One Buddha, Three Boddhisattvas: Practice is Everything

Serial: BZ-00081B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha, Bodhisattva, Practice, Composure, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Daily...
Aug 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00085B

Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Bell, Oneness, Precepts,...
Aug 19 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

July 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00851

Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation...
Jul 27 2000

July 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00852

Silent Illumination, Lineage, Interview, Soto Zen, Attachment, Chanting, Obstacles,...
Jul 20 2000

July 13th, 2000, Serial No. 00853

Silent Illumination, Lineage, Doubt, Dharma Transmission, Buddha's Birthday,...
Jul 13 2000

Five Spiritual Controlling Factors of the Mind

Serial: BZ-00056A

Sesshin Day 3

Concentration, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Posture, Religion, Attachment, Bodhisattva...
Jun 16 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Limbs of Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00055B

Sesshin Day 2

Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Concentration, Enthusiasm, Equanimity, Don't Know...
Jun 15 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Emptiness, Light-and-Darkness, Skandas, true dharma, Emotions, Doubt, Buddha Nature,...
Jun 06 2000
Green Gulch

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00159

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching...
May 27 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

May 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00162, Side B

Rinzai, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Nature,...
May 20 2000

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...
May 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Wednesday Lecture

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Liberation, Zazen...
May 03 2000
Green Gulch

April 15th, 2000, Serial No. 00163, Side A

Daily Life, Separation, Precepts, true dharma, Buddha Nature, Posture, Commitment,...
Apr 15 2000

Wednesday Lecture

Six Realms, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Enemies, Equanimity, Right Speech, Happiness...
Mar 15 2000
Green Gulch

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00205B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Observe,...
Mar 11 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi Class

Serial: SF-03517

Monday Class

Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva...
Feb 28 2000
Green Gulch

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00204B

Fire Heats, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Branching Streams,...
Feb 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

February 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 00926

Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-...
Feb 03 2000

2000.02.02-serial.00122

Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Freedom, lecture,...
Feb 02 2000

January 15th, 2000, Serial No. 03934

Equanimity, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Impermanence,...
Jan 15 2000
City Center

December 3rd, 1999, Serial No. 00200, Side B

Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Buddha Mind, Ego, Transmission, Bell, Practice...
Dec 03 1999

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00200A

Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4

Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,...
Dec 02 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00927

Class 8 of 8

Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Samadhi, Mahayana, Duality, Vow, Buddha...
Nov 25 1999
8
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 8 of 8

Serial: BZ-01548

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Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Duality, Karma, Patience,...
Nov 25 1999
BZC

Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00928

Class 7 of 8

Five Ranks, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...
Nov 11 1999
7
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 5 of 8

Serial: BZ-00930

Class 5 of 8

Precious Mirror, Karma, Big Mind, confusion, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Harmonizing,...
Oct 28 1999
5
Berkeley Zen Center

October 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01114

realization, Blue Cliff Record, Faith, Soto Zen, Religion, Peace, Sangha, resistance...
Oct 23 1999
Unknown

October 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00859

Five Ranks, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Zazen Mind, Ego, Absolute-and-...
Oct 14 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 3 of 8

Five Ranks, Practice Period, Zazen Mind, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative, Ego,...
Oct 14 1999
3 of 8
BZC

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861

Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8

Serial: BZ-01008A

Fall practice period 1999

 

Hokyo Zanmai, Precious Mirror, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999
Class 1 of 8,

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541

Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

September 18th, 1999, Serial No. 00195, Side B

Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...
Sep 18 1999

August 28th, 1999, Serial No. 00193, Side A

Continuous Practice, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Gratitude, Dragons...
Aug 28 1999

1999.08.12-serial.00147A

Bowing, Buddha Nature, Desire, Offering, Letting Go, Faith, Observe, Discrimination,...
Aug 12 1999

1999.08.12-serial.00147B

Bowing, Buddha Nature, Observe, Desire, Offering, Letting Go, Discrimination, Faith,...
Aug 12 1999

August 7th, 1999, Serial No. 00191, Side B

Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Separation, Transmission, Duality,...
Aug 07 1999

Genjokoan (Pt. 8/8)

Serial: BZ-00674B

“The place is lost; from here the Way unfolds”, Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, Separation,...
Aug 07 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Faith, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Non-duality, Equanimity, Six...
Jul 17 1999
Green Gulch

Genjokoan (Pt. 6/8)

Serial: BZ-00158A

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Non-discrimination, Dharma Transmission,...
Jul 10 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

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