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Norbu, Thinley

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Rinchen, Sonam

2019-03-21T22:26:46Z

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== Names ==
'''Tibetan:''' དགེ་གཤེས་བསོད་ནམས་རིན་ཆེན་ 
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*[[Dge gshes bsod nams rin chen]] 
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Loden, Thubten

2019-03-14T21:54:36Z

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|bio=Born in 1924, Geshe Loden became a monk at seven years old. After completing extensive Buddhist philosophy studies, he received the Geshe Lharampa degree from Sera Je Monastery in Tibet, and an Acharya degree from Varanasi's Sanskrit university in India. He was also awarded a Master's qualification in Vajrayana Buddhism after many years study at Gyudmed Tantric College.[4] Geshe Loden originally came to Australia in 1976 at the invitation of Lama Thubten Yeshe to be the resident teacher at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, where he remained for three years before leaving to start his own organization.
 
He is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhist Society in Australia and established the Peaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre in Yuroke, Victoria, and has written many books. In 2011, he was named Hume Citizen of the Year.
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Blacker, M.

2019-03-12T22:39:58Z

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Blacker, M.

2019-03-12T22:22:57Z

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Blacker, M.

2019-03-12T22:20:39Z

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Fischer, N.

2019-03-12T18:06:01Z

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|bio=Zoketsu Norman Fischer is an American poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He is a Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988. Fischer served as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1995–2000, after which he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation in 2000, a network of Buddhist practice group and related projects in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Fischer has published more than twenty-five books of poetry and non-fiction, as well as numerous poems, essays and articles in Buddhist magazines and poetry journals.
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Fischer, N.

2019-03-12T17:59:40Z

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|bio=Zoketsu Norman Fischer is an American poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.[1] He is a Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988. Fischer served as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1995–2000, after which he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation in 2000, a network of Buddhist practice group and related projects in Canada, the United States and Mexico.[2] Fischer has published more than twenty-five books of poetry and non-fiction, as well as numerous poems, essays and articles in Buddhist magazines and poetry journals.
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Fischer, N.

2019-03-12T17:59:16Z

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Fischer, N.

2019-03-12T17:58:14Z

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Fischer, N.

2019-03-12T17:31:46Z

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Sāramati

2018-09-26T20:32:37Z

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|BnwShortPersonBio=Sāramati, a Sankrit rendering of the Chinese name Jianyi, is credited with authorship of the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' in the Chinese tradition. Little is known of this figure outside of Chinese accounts, which also attribute to him another work reportedly translated into Chinese as ''Dasheng fajie wuchabie lun'' and rendered into Sanskrit as the ''Mahāyānadharmadhātunirviśeṣa''. However, neither the name Sāramati nor this latter work are attested to in any Indian sources. Several academics that initially worked on the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' have equated Sāramati with the well known sixth-century Indian scholar Sthiramati, though this assertion has been contested in more recent decades and remains controversial.
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Sāramati

2018-09-26T20:31:06Z

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Lopez, D.

2018-09-12T16:25:58Z

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|yearbirth=1952
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|bio=Currently the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the [[University of Michigan]]. His books include [[Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism]], [[Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West]], and [[Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism]], all published by the [[University of Chicago Press]]. (Source: [[The Madman's Middle Way]])
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_S._Lopez,_Jr. Wikipedia entry]

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Jinpa, Thupten

2018-09-12T16:24:28Z

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|bio=Thupten Jinpa Langri (b. 1958)[1] has been a principal English translator to the Dalai Lama since 1985.[1] He has translated and edited more than ten books by the Dalai Lama including The World of Tibetan Buddhism (Wisdom Publications, 1993), A Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (Wisdom Publications, 1996), and the New York Times bestseller Ethics for the New Millennium (Riverhead, 1999).[2]

Thupten Jinpa Langri was born in Tibet in 1958. He received his early education and training as a monk at Zongkar Choede Monastery[1] in Hunsur near Mysore, Karnataka, South India and later joined the Shartse College of Ganden monastic university,[1] in Mundgod, Karnataka, South India, where he received the Geshe Lharam degree. He taught Buddhist epistemology, metaphysics, Middle Way philosophy and Buddhist psychology at Ganden for five years. Jinpa also holds B.A. Honors degree in Western Philosophy and a Ph.D. degree in Religious Studies, both from Cambridge University, UK.[3][1]

From 1996 to 1999, he was the Margaret Smith Research Fellow in Eastern Religion at Girton College, Cambridge and he has now established the Institute of Tibetan Classics where he is both president and editor-in-chief of the Institute's translation series Classics in Tibet. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Mind and Life Institute, dedicated to fostering creative dialogue between the Buddhist tradition and Western science.

He is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences at Stanford University.

Geshe Thupten Jinpa has written many books and articles. His latest works are Tibetan Songs of Spiritual Experience (co-edited with Jas Elsner) and Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Thought: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle View.

([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thupten_Jinpa Source Accessed April 10, 2015])
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== Other Information ==
Geshe Thupten Jinpa 
Thubten Jinpa Langri

Founder and creator of [[Institute of Tibetan Classics]], Montreal 

[[Library of Tibetan Classics]] Series.

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Coleman, J.

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Svabhāva

2018-05-10T23:21:46Z

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|Glossary-Chinese=自性
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|Glossary-English=intrinsic nature
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|Glossary-Definition=intrinsic nature
|Glossary-Senses=natural, ordinary expression of a thing
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 879: In Sanskrit, “self-nature,” “intrinsic existence,” or “inherent existence,” the term has a general sense of “essence” or “nature,” but is used in philosophical literature.
|Glossary-EnglishRY=An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes.
|Glossary-DefinitionOther=Richard Barron: the very nature of things
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Dhātu

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Dhātu

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|Glossary-EnglishRB=realm; constitutent element; fundamental nature
|Glossary-EnglishJH=essential consistuent
|Glossary-EnglishIW=region; realm; element; nature; cause and seed
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|Glossary-DidYouKnow=In the Ratnagotravibhāga, ''dhātu'' is synonymous with ''gotra'', the final element that enables all beings to become buddhas.
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=In Sanskrit and Päli, “element”; a polysemous term with wide application in Buddhist contexts.

In epistemology, the dhätus refer to the eighteen elements through which sensory experience is produced: the six sense bases, or sense organs (indriya; viz., eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind); the six corresponding sense objects (àlambana; viz., forms, sounds, odors, tastes, tangible objects, and mental phenomena); and the six sensory consciousnesses that result from contact (sparśa) between the corresponding base and object (vijŃÀNA; viz., visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, and mental consciousnesses). As this list makes clear, the eighteen dhätus also subsume the twelve Ayatana (sense-fields). The dhätus represent one of the three major taxonomies of dharmas found in the sütras (along with SKANDHA and äyatana), and represent a more primitive stage of dharma classification than the elaborate analyses found in much of the mature abhidharma literature (but cf. D harmaskandha).

In cosmology, dhätu is used in reference to the three realms of existence (trilokadhätu), which comprise all of the phenomenal universe: the sensuous realm (kämadhAt u ), the subtle-materiality realm (rüpadhätu), and the immaterial realm (ärüpyadhätu). The three realms of existence taken together comprise all of samsära, and are the realms within which beings take rebirth. In this cosmological sense, dhätu is synonymous to AVACARA (sphere, domain); see avacara for further details.

In aphysical sense, dhätu is used to refer to the constituent elements of the physical world (see mahäbhüta), of which four are usually recognized in Buddhist materials: earth, water, flre, and wind. Sometimes two additional constituents are added to the list: space (àkàśa) and consciousness (vijñàna).

The term dhätu may also refer to an “elemental physical substance,” that is, the physical remains of the body, and this context is synonymous with śarIra (relic), with which it is often seen in compound as śariradhātu (bodily relic). Sometimes three types of relics are differentiated: specific corporeal relics (śarīradhātu), relics of use (pāribhogikadhātu), and relics of commemoration (uddeśikadhātu). In a further development of this usage, in the Ratnagotravibhäga, dhätu is synonymous with gotra, the final element that enables all beings to become buddhas; see BUDDHADHÄTU.
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Gotra

2018-05-10T22:56:06Z

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|Glossary-Etymology=Following Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra III.4cd and its Bhāṣya, the hermeneutical etymology of gotra is often explained as meaning guṇottāraṇa, with the syllable go in gotra standing for guṇa ("qualities") and the syllable tra representing uttāraṇa ("delivering," "setting free"). Thus, the got is the disposition from which qualities arise and increase or which sets them free... Gotra can also mean "what protects qualities" (guṇatraya)." - Karl Brunnhölzl, [[When the Clouds Part]], pp. 95-96.
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Gotra

2018-05-10T22:51:20Z

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|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=innate potential; inborn trait
|Glossary-Synonyms=kula; vaṃśa
|Glossary-Etymology=Following Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra III.4cd and its Bhāṣya, the hermeneutical etymology of gotra is often explained as meaning guṇottāraṇa, with the syllable go in gotra standing for guṇa ("qualities") and the syllable tra representing uttāraṇa ("delivering," "setting free"). Thus, the got is the disposition from which qualities arise and increase or which sets them free... Gotra can also mean "what protects qualities" (guṇatraya)." - Karl Brunnhölzl, [[When the Clouds Part]], pp. 95-96.
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Bīja

2018-05-10T22:41:44Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=bīja
|Glossary-Tibetan=ས་བོན་
|Glossary-Wylie=sa bon
|Glossary-Devanagari=बीज
|Glossary-Sanskrit=bīja
|Glossary-Chinese=無漏種
|Glossary-Pinyin=zhongzi
|Glossary-JapanTranslit=shuji
|Glossary-English=seed
|Glossary-EnglishRB=potential(ity)
|Glossary-EnglishJH=seed
|Glossary-EnglishDM=seed
|Glossary-EnglishIW=seed; germ; grain; semen; bindu; seed syllable
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=seed
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 119: In Sanskrit, “seed,” a term used metaphorically in two important contexts: (1) in the theory of ''karman'', an action is said to plant a “seed” or “potentiality” in the mind, where it will reside until it fructifies as a future experience or is destroyed by wisdom; (2) in tantric literature, many deities are said to have a “seed syllable” or seed mantra that is visualized and recited in liturgy and meditation in order to invoke the deity.
|Glossary-EnglishRY=1) seed; germ, seed-corn, corn, grain. 2) potential(ity); seed, 3) seed syllable
|Glossary-DefinitionOther=Jeffrey Hopkins clarifies: "In the Mind-Only (''sems tsam'', citta-mātra) school, this is a synonym of bag chags; in the Consequentialist (''thal 'gyur'', prAsaGgika) school, it is not the same as bag chags."
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Gotra

2018-05-10T15:21:30Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=gotra
|Glossary-Tibetan=རིགས་
|Glossary-Wylie=rigs
|Glossary-Devanagari=गोत्र
|Glossary-Sanskrit=gotra
|Glossary-Chinese=佛性
|Glossary-English=potential
|Glossary-EnglishKB=disposition
|Glossary-EnglishRB=spiritual affinity
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=innate potential; inborn trait
|Glossary-Synonyms=kula; vaṃśa
|Glossary-Etymology=Following Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra III.4cd and its Bhāṣya, the hermeneutical etymology of gotra is often explained as meaning guṇottāraṇa, with the syllable go in gotra standing for guṇa ("qualities") and the syllable tra representing uttāraṇa ("delivering," "setting free"). Thus, the got is the disposition from which qualities arise and increase or which sets them free... Gotra can also mean "what protects qualities" (guṇatraya)." - Karl Brunnhölzl, [[When the Clouds Part]], pp. 95-96.
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Prakṛtistha-gotra

2018-05-09T23:43:44Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=prakṛtistha-gotra
|Glossary-Tibetan=རང་བཞིན་གནས་རིགས་
|Glossary-Wylie=rang bzhin gnas rigs
|Glossary-Sanskrit=prakṛtistha-gotra
|Glossary-Chinese=本性住種性
|Glossary-EnglishJH=naturally abiding lineage; natural lineage
|Glossary-EnglishIW=intrinsic potential; legacy abiding within; naturally present affinity
|Glossary-Phonetic=rangzhin nerik
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=naturally present potential
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=samudānīta-gotra
|Glossary-EnglishRY=Naturally present potential applies to the mind essence present as the unobstructed potential for the qualities of dharmakaya arising from its empty aspect and the qualities of rupakaya arising from its manifest aspect. It is called 'all-ground wisdom' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'') because of being the ground from which both samsara and nirvana arise and the 'defiled suchness' (''dri bcas de bzhin nyid'') because of being combined with defilement at the time of a sentient being.
|Glossary-FurtherReads=In his Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche writes:

The 'naturally present potential' (Skt. ''prakṛtistha-gotra''; Wyl. ''rang bzhin gnas rigs'') is the essence of the tathagatas. In essence, it is naturally arising and uncompounded wisdom, the union of awareness and emptiness, the dharmadhatu which has always been inseparable from the kayas and wisdoms. It is naturally pure, the nature of things, just as it is, pervading all phenomena, beyond any transition or change, like space. Although it is within this context that the ordinary aggregates, elements and faculties of beings are born and die, this nature itself remains beyond birth and death. It is through the realization of this nature that the Three Jewels come into being. This immaculate 'element' (Wyl. ''khams'') is present in all beings without exception as the very nature of their minds, just like the example of a treasure beneath the earth and so on. Nevertheless, for those in whom this nature remains veiled by the four stains, and who have not activated their potential, despite its presence, it does not function in an apparent way [rather like a candle kept inside a jar]. And although they are naturally pure, because they are obscured by temporary veils, this nature is beyond most people's imagination. If the veils that obscure the potential are reduced, it serves to inspire us with a longing to leave samsara behind and attain nirvana.

The four veils that obscure our potential are (1) an antipathy to the Mahayana teachings, (2) the view of self, (3) fear for the sufferings of samsara, and (4) a lack of concern for beings' welfare.
The causes for purifying these veils are: (1) an interest in the Mahayana teachings, (2) a high degree of wisdom, (3) meditative concentration (samadhi), and (4) love.

When we possess these four, through the force of awakening our potential, we come to possess the 'developing potential' (Skt. ''samudānīta-gotra''; Wyl. ''rgyas 'gyur gyi rigs'') through which we can properly cultivate the virtues of the Mahayana.
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Prakṛtistha-gotra

2018-05-09T23:42:35Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=prakṛtistha-gotra
|Glossary-Tibetan=རང་བཞིན་གནས་རིགས་
|Glossary-Wylie=rang bzhin gnas rigs
|Glossary-Sanskrit=prakṛtistha-gotra
|Glossary-Chinese=本性住種性
|Glossary-EnglishJH=naturally abiding lineage; natural lineage
|Glossary-EnglishIW=intrinsic potential; legacy abiding within; naturally present affinity
|Glossary-Phonetic=rangzhin nerik
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=naturally present potential
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=samudānīta-gotra
|Glossary-EnglishRY=Naturally present potential applies to the mind essence present as the unobstructed potential for the qualities of dharmakaya arising from its empty aspect and the qualities of rupakaya arising from its manifest aspect. It is called 'all-ground wisdom' (kun gzhi'i ye shes) because of being the ground from which both samsara and nirvana arise and the 'defiled suchness' (dri bcas de bzhin nyid) because of being combined with defilement at the time of a sentient being.
|Glossary-FurtherReads=In his Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche writes:

The 'naturally present potential' (Skt. prakṛtistha-gotra; Wyl. ''rang bzhin gnas rigs'') is the essence of the tathagatas. In essence, it is naturally arising and uncompounded wisdom, the union of awareness and emptiness, the dharmadhatu which has always been inseparable from the kayas and wisdoms. It is naturally pure, the nature of things, just as it is, pervading all phenomena, beyond any transition or change, like space. Although it is within this context that the ordinary aggregates, elements and faculties of beings are born and die, this nature itself remains beyond birth and death. It is through the realization of this nature that the Three Jewels come into being. This immaculate 'element' (Wyl. ''khams'') is present in all beings without exception as the very nature of their minds, just like the example of a treasure beneath the earth and so on. Nevertheless, for those in whom this nature remains veiled by the four stains, and who have not activated their potential, despite its presence, it does not function in an apparent way [rather like a candle kept inside a jar]. And although they are naturally pure, because they are obscured by temporary veils, this nature is beyond most people's imagination. If the veils that obscure the potential are reduced, it serves to inspire us with a longing to leave samsara behind and attain nirvana.

The four veils that obscure our potential are (1) an antipathy to the Mahayana teachings, (2) the view of self, (3) fear for the sufferings of samsara, and (4) a lack of concern for beings' welfare.
The causes for purifying these veils are: (1) an interest in the Mahayana teachings, (2) a high degree of wisdom, (3) meditative concentration (samadhi), and (4) love.

When we possess these four, through the force of awakening our potential, we come to possess the 'developing potential' (Skt. samudānīta-gotra; Wyl. rgyas 'gyur gyi rigs) through which we can properly cultivate the virtues of the Mahayana.
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Prakṛtistha-gotra

2018-05-09T23:39:29Z

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Sugatagarbha

2018-05-09T05:10:34Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Tibetan=བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་
|Glossary-Wylie=bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po
|Glossary-EnglishRB=potential/ heart essence for attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [sutra context]; potential/ heart essence that constitutes attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [Dzogchen context]
|Glossary-EnglishIW=1) sugata/ enlightened essence; 2) sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Term-Alt=bder gshegs snying po
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=buddha-nature, literally the
|Glossary-Senses=primordial purity; the essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings
|Glossary-DidYouKnow=This term is used differently depending on the context: in a sūtric context, the term is equivalent to tathagatagarbha and is translated into English as "buddha-nature". In a tantric context, depending upon the tradition, sugatagarbha is a synonym for pristine awareness and emptiness.
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=rtsal sna tshogs su snang ba; lam phyag rgya chen po; gshis gdangs rtsal; Tathāgatagarbha; pristine awareness; rigpa; emptiness; dharmakaya
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 865: in Sanskrit, “essence of the sugata,” a synonym for tathāgatagarbha.
|Glossary-EnglishRY=sugata-essence, enlightened essence, essence for attaining experience of bliss. Sugatagarbha. 'Sugata essence.' The most common Sanskrit term for what in the West is known as '*.'
|Glossary-DefinitionWP=[[wikipedia:Buddha-nature]]
|Glossary-DefinitionRPW=[[rigpa:Buddha nature]]
|Glossary-Synonyms=tathagatagarbha
}}

Sugatagarbha

2018-05-08T22:49:30Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Tibetan=བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་
|Glossary-Wylie=bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po
|Glossary-EnglishRB=potential/ heart essence for attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [sutra context]; potential/ heart essence that constitutes attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [Dzogchen context]
|Glossary-EnglishIW=1) sugata/ enlightened essence; 2) sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Term-Alt=bder gshegs snying po
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=buddha-nature
|Glossary-Senses=primordial purity; the essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings
|Glossary-DidYouKnow=This term is used differently depending on the context: in a sūtric context, the term is equivalent to tathagatagarbha and is translated into English as "buddha-nature". In a tantric context, depending upon the tradition, sugatagarbha is a synonym for pristine awareness and emptiness.
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=rtsal sna tshogs su snang ba; lam phyag rgya chen po; gshis gdangs rtsal; Tathāgatagarbha; pristine awareness; rigpa; emptiness; dharmakaya
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 865: in Sanskrit, “essence of the sugata,” a synonym for tathāgatagarbha.
|Glossary-EnglishRY=sugata-essence, enlightened essence, essence for attaining experience of bliss. Sugatagarbha. 'Sugata essence.' The most common Sanskrit term for what in the West is known as '*.'
|Glossary-DefinitionWP=[[wikipedia:Buddha-nature]]
|Glossary-DefinitionRPW=[[rigpa:Buddha nature]]
|Glossary-Synonyms=tathagatagarbha
}}

Sugatagarbha

2018-05-08T22:34:06Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Tibetan=བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་
|Glossary-Wylie=bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po
|Glossary-EnglishRB=potential/ heart essence for attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [sutra context]; potential/ heart essence that constitutes attaining/ reaching the state of bliss [Dzogchen context]
|Glossary-EnglishIW=1) sugata/ enlightened essence; 2) sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Term-Alt=bder gshegs snying po
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=buddha-nature
|Glossary-Senses=primordial purity; the essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=rtsal sna tshogs su snang ba; lam phyag rgya chen po; gshis gdangs rtsal; Tathāgatagarbha
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 865: in Sanskrit, “essence of the sugata,” a synonym for tathāgatagarbha.
|Glossary-EnglishRY=sugata-essence, enlightened essence, essence for attaining experience of bliss. Sugatagarbha. 'Sugata essence.' The most common Sanskrit term for what in the West is known as '*.'
|Glossary-DefinitionWP=[[wikipedia:Buddha-nature]]
|Glossary-DefinitionRPW=[[rigpa:Buddha nature]]
|Glossary-Synonyms=tathagatagarbha
}}

Sugatagarbha

2018-05-08T21:36:11Z

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Sugatagarbha

2018-05-08T21:15:15Z

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{{GlossaryEntry
|Glossary-Term=sugatagarbha
|Glossary-Tibetan=བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་
|Glossary-Wylie=bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po
|Glossary-EnglishIW=Buddha-nature, sugata-essence nucleus of the sugata fundamental continuity gzhi rgyud primordially existing within the continuums of all sentient beings, empty in essence, ngo bo; luminous by nature, rang bzhin; embodying bdag nyid can [or just mean having the nature all pervading compassion.]
|Glossary-Term-Alt=bder gshegs snying po
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=buddha-nature
|Glossary-Senses=primordial purity; the essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings
|Glossary-RelatedTerms=rtsal sna tshogs su snang ba; lam phyag rgya chen po; gshis gdangs rtsal
|Glossary-DefinitionRPW=[[rigpa:Buddha nature]]
|Glossary-Synonyms=tathagatagarbha
}}

Sugatagarbha

2018-05-08T21:12:48Z

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