| Key Term |
sugatagarbha |
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sugata heart; deshek nyingpo; essence of the Bliss Gone One; sugata-essence; *sugatagarbha; bde gshegs snying po; bder gshegs snying po; བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོ་ |
| In Tibetan Script |
བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration |
bde gshegs snying po |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script |
सुगतगर्भ |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering |
deshek nyingpo |
| English Standard |
essence of the Bliss Gone One |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term |
sugata heart; Heart of the Blissfully Gone Ones |
| Richard Barron's English Term |
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]; buddha nature; very heart of attaining the state of bliss |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term |
buddha nature; seed of buddhahood; seed of buddha nature |
| Ives Waldo's English Term |
sugata-essence; enlightened essence; buddha-nature |
| Alternate Spellings |
bder gshegs snying po; bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po |
| Term Type |
Noun |
| Source Language |
Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning |
Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the Bliss Gone One(s)," a synonym for tathāgatagarbha that is likewise often rendered into English by the term buddha-nature. Though it is often back translated into Sanskrit as sugatagarbha, this term is not found in Sanskrit sources. |
| Has the Sense of |
The essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings. |
| Did you know? |
This term is used differently depending on the context: in a sūtric context, the term is equivalent to tathāgatagarbha 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. |
| Related Terms |
tathāgatagarbha |
| Definitions |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
See page 865: in Sanskrit, “essence of the sugata,” a synonym for tathāgatagarbha. |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term |
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 'buddha-nature.' |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo |
sems can thams cad kyi rgyud la ye nas gnas pa'i gzhi rgyud bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po ngo bo stong pa rang bzhin gsal ba thugs rje kun khyab kyi bdag nyid can |
| Wikipedia |
wikipedia:Buddha-nature |
| Synonyms |
tathāgatagarbha |