Gsang phu ba blo gros mtshungs med
Gsang phu ba blo gros mtshungs med on the DRL
Wylie | gsang phu ba blo gros mtshungs med |
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Birth: | 14th Century |
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Tibetan calendar dates
- Students
- mkhas grub rje · g.yag sde paN chen
Other Biographical info:
- BDRC Link
- https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P63
- Treasury of Lives Link
- https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/blo-gros-mtshungs-med/P63
- Wiki Pages
- Person description or short bio
Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.
Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional? | |
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Position: | Definitive |
Notes: | Wangchuk, T. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 31 |
All beings have Buddha-nature | |
Position: | Yes |
If "Qualified", explain: | |
Notes: | "He claims that tathägata-essence exists in all sentient beings in a fully enlightened form. He states that: the dharma-body is dharma-reality indivisible from [buddha] qualities. Since there is no objection to the fact that the dharma-body exists pervasively in all sentient beings, in the manner of one entity; it is unacceptable to present it, [i.e., the existence of the dharma-body in sentient beings] as [merely] imputed." Wangchuk, T. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 32 |
Which Wheel Turning | |
Position: | Third Turning |
Notes: | Wangchuk, T. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 31 |
Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
Position: | Madhyamaka |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
Position: | Tathagatagarbha as the Dharmakaya |
Notes: | Wangchuk, T. The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows p. 32 |
Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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"Tathagatagarbha as the Dharmakaya" is not in the list (Tathāgatagarbha as Mind's Luminous Nature, Tathāgatagarbha as the Unity of Emptiness and Luminosity, Tathāgatagarbha as a Causal Potential or Disposition (gotra), Tathāgatagarbha as the Resultant State of Buddhahood, There are several types of Tathāgatagarbha, Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That is a Non-implicative Negation (without enlightened qualities), Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That is an Implicative Negation (with enlightened qualities), Tathāgatagarbha as the Latent State of Buddhahood that is Obscured in Sentient Beings, Tathāgatagarbha was Taught Merely to Encourage Sentient Beings to Enter the Path) of allowed values for the "PosEmptyLumin" property.