Jayānanda

Jayānanda on the DRL

Classical Tibetan Authors

རྒྱལ་བ་ཀུན་དགའ་

Wylie	rgyal ba kun dga'
Romanized Sanskrit	Jayānanda

Other names

• ཁ་ཆེའི་པཎྜི་ཏ་ཛཱ་ཡ་ཨ་ནནྡ་

• kha che'i paN+Di ta dzA ya a nan+da

Dates

Birth:	11th Century
Death:	12th Century

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Students

rma bya byang chub brtson 'grus

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Links

BDRC Link

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P4CZ15242

Wiki Pages

• Jayānanda on the DRL
• Jayānanda on the LIB
• Jayānanda on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

Person description or short bio

Expand to see this person's philosophical positions on Buddha-nature.

Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
Position:	Provisional
Notes:	*"Jayānanda is arguably the first scholar who indicated that the Uttaratantra is provisional within the Tibetan intellectual landscape." Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 14. "...He states that Buddha-nature was taught in order to attract those who fear emptiness. Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, pp. 150-151.
All beings have Buddha-nature
Position:	Qualified Yes
If "Qualified", explain:	Since he equates the teachings on buddha-nature as an expedient way to teach emptiness, all being have it because emptiness is pervasive.
Notes:	Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 151.
Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
Position:	Yogācāra
Notes:	Though he was a Madhyamaka, he likely equates the buddha-nature teachings with Yogācāra, as he deems both to be provisional.
Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
Position:	1
Notes:	*Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 150. "One problem with Jayänanda’s position is that, having asserted that the Buddha-nature doctrine is provisional, he utilizes it as an authoritative teaching for establishing the single-vehicle theory, which he takes to be a definitive teaching." Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 152.
Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
Position:	Tathagatagarbha as the Emptiness That is a Nonimplicative Negation
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
Position:	Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་)
Notes:	*Kano, K., Buddha-Nature and Emptiness, p. 148. Wangchuk, Tsering, The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows, p. 14.
Causal nature of the vajrapāda
Position:

"Tathagatagarbha as the Emptiness That is a Nonimplicative Negation" 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.

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

The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.

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

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.

In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas.

Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's gotra determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain.

The qualities or attributes of an enlightened being.