Jñānagarbha

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English Phonetics	Jñānagarbha

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

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Buddha Nature Project

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Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
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All beings have Buddha-nature
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Which Wheel Turning
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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?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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Tibetan names

Appears in Tibetan colophons as: rgya gar gyi mkhan po dznyA na garbha

Sanskrit Names

Jñānagarbha

Writings

TBRC Person: jnanagarbha P8217

• 'jam dpal gyi zhal nas gsungs pa'i gzungs

[tbrc holdings 1]

• de bzhin gshegs pa'i yon tan dang ye shes bsam gyis mi khyab pa'i yul la 'jug par bstan pa'i mdo

delhi delhi karmapae chodhey gyalwae sungrab partun khang 1976-1979 [tbrc holdings 1]

• dge ba'i rtsa ba yongs su 'dzin pa'i mdo

delhi delhi karmapae chodhey gyalwae sungrab partun khang 1976-1979 [tbrc holdings 1]

• mar me mdzad kyis lung bstan pa'i mdo

delhi delhi karmapae chodhey gyalwae sungrab partun khang 1976-1979 [tbrc holdings 1]

• rin chen dra bas zhus pa'i mdo

delhi delhi karmapae chodhey gyalwae sungrab partun khang 1976-1979 [tbrc holdings 1]

• shes rab bskyed pa'i gzungs

[tbrc holdings 1]

• shes rab bskyed pa'i gzungs gnyis

[tbrc holdings 1]

• yongs su mya ngan las 'das pa chen po las lha dang mi la sogs pas zhus pa'i mdo

delhi delhi karmapae chodhey gyalwae sungrab partun khang 1976-1979 [tbrc holdings 1]

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.