Buddhist philosophy and soteriology, Buddha-nature (Chinese: fóxìng 佛性, Japanese: busshō, Sanskrit: buddhatā, buddha-svabhāva) is the innate potential for...

liberation or vimutti. A Buddha is also someone who has fully understood the Dharma (Sanskrit 𑀥𑀭𑁆𑀫; Pali dhamma), the true nature of things or the universal...

Buddha) and is what allows someone to become a Buddha. Another similar term used for this idea is buddhadhātu (buddha-nature or source of the Buddhas)...

of the supramundane (lokottara) nature of the Buddha is sometimes seen as a precursor to Mahāyāna views of the Buddha. Some scholars also see Mahāyāna...

is to achieve kenshō (Chinese: jianxing 見性), to see or observe one's buddha-nature. Extended study of kōan literature as well as meditation (zazen) on...

embedded commentary), is an influential Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise on buddha-nature (a.k.a. tathāgatagarbha). The text is also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra...

The Ādi-Buddha (Tibetan: དང་པོའི་སངས་རྒྱས།, Wylie: dang po'i sangs rgyas, THL: Dangpö Sanggyé) is the First Buddha or the Primordial Buddha. Another common...

The sutra speaks about Buddha-nature in so many different ways, that Chinese scholars created a list of types of Buddha-nature that could be found in...

things are Insubstance of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or Insubstance awareness...

self. In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhi is equal to prajna, insight into the Buddha-nature, sunyata and tathatā. This is equal to the realisation of the non-duality...