Sugatagarbha

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Key Term	sugatagarbha
In Tibetan Script	བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོ་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	bde gshegs snying po
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	सुगतगर्भ
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	deshek nyingpo
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]
Ives Waldo's English Term	1) sugata/ enlightened essence; 2) sugatagarbha
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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness)."

The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics.

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.

Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.

Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena.