{"id":1116,"date":"2023-09-07T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=1116"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:36:53","slug":"buddha-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/buddha-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<h2>\u0f62\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f53\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f41\u0f60\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0d \u0f62\u0f9f\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f4f\u0f74\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f49\u0f7c\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f7a\u0f51\u0f0d<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Like that which is precious, the sky and pure water, Mind\u2019s nature is always free of disturbing emotion.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211;Geshe Sonam Rinchen, &#8220;Sublime Continuum,&#8221; in <em>Buddha Nature: Oral Teachings<\/em>, p. 19<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p title=\"sangs rgyas kyi rang gi ngo bo\"><strong><span id=\"tibSection0_0\" class=\"tib inlineTib link\" title=\"\" data-wylie=\"sangs rgyas kyi rigs\">Buddha Nature<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span id=\"tibSection0_0\" class=\"tib inlineTib link\" title=\"\" data-wylie=\"sangs rgyas kyi rigs\">\u0f66\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f40\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f72\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b<br \/>\n<\/span>sangs rgyas kyi rigs (Berzin)<br \/>\n\u0f66\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f40\u0fb1\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f44\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f7c\u0f0b<br \/>\nsangs rgyas kyi rang gi ngo bo (Hackett)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p title=\"sangs rgyas kyi rang gi ngo bo\">Literally: Buddha caste-trait, Buddha family-trait. A factor imputable on the stained mind of a limited being (sentient being) that transforms into or allows for the attainment of enlightenment. (Berzin Definitions)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3>Subject Guide Sections<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Indo-Tibetan Sources&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Modern Literature<\/li>\n<li>Media and Other Resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3>JABL Subject Headings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/catalog\/index.php?search_resource_type=0&amp;search_field=subject%3A&amp;library_catalog_search=Ratnagotravibha%CC%84ga&amp;task=SEARCH&amp;offset=0\">Ratnagotravibha\u0304ga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"remote_nav\" href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/catalog\/subjects\/8543413\/show\">Tatha\u0304gatagarbha (Buddhism)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3>Indo-Tibetan Sources<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p><strong><strong>Tath\u0101gathagarbha Sutra (Uttar\u0101tantra Root Text)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>\u0f60\u0f55\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f5e\u0f72\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f64\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f99\u0f72\u0f44\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f5e\u0f7a\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb1\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f0b\u0f50\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f51\u0f7c\u0f0d<br \/>\n&#8216;phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa&#8217;i snying po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po&#8217;i mdo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><ul>\n<li>Grosnick, William H. 1995. &#8220;The Tathagatagarbha Sutra.&#8221; In Donald S. Lopez, ed., <em>Buddhism In Practice.<\/em> Princeton University Press. (<a href=\"https:\/\/huntingtonarchive.org\/resources\/downloads\/sutras\/02Prajnaparamita\/Tathagatagarbha.doc.pdf\">huntingtonarchive.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Zimmermann, Michael. 2002. <em>A Buddha Within: The Tath\u0101gatagarbhas\u016btra: The Earliest Exposition of the Buddha-Nature Teaching in India.<\/em> International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University. (<a href=\"http:\/\/lirs.ru\/lib\/Tathagatagarbhasutra,Zimmermann,2002.pdf\">lirs.ru<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p><strong>Ratnagotravibh\u0101ga\/Uttar\u0101tantra (Sublime Continuum)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tibetan: \u0f50\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f45\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0d<br \/>\nWylie: \u200b\u200btheg pa chen po rgyud bla ma&#8217;i bstan bcos (rgyud bla ma)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de\/gretil\/1_sanskr\/6_sastra\/3_phil\/buddh\/bsa073_u.htm\">Sanskrit<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/tibetan.works\/etext\/reader.php?collection=tengyur&amp;index=4024\">Tibetan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><ul>\n<li>Takasaki Jikido\u0304. 2014.&nbsp;<em>A Study on the Ratnagotravibha\u0304ga (Uttaratantra) : Being a Treatise on the Tatha\u0304gatagarbha Theory of Maha\u0304ya\u0304na Buddhism : Including a Critical Introduction a Synopsis of the Text a Translation from the Original Sanskrit Text in Comparision [I.e. Comparison] with Its Tibetan &amp; Chinese Versions Critical Notes Appendixes and Indexes<\/em>. Motilal Banarsidass. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/881467315\">WorldCat<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><p><strong>Mah\u0101y\u0101nottaratantra\u015b\u0101stravy\u0101khy\u0101<\/strong><br \/>\nTib: \u0f50\u0f7a\u0f42\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0b\u0f46\u0f7a\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f62\u0f92\u0fb1\u0f74\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f56\u0fb3\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f66\u0f9f\u0f53\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f45\u0f7c\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f62\u0fa3\u0f58\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f62\u0f0b\u0f56\u0f64\u0f51\u0f0b\u0f54\u0f0d&nbsp;<br \/>\nWylie: \u200b\u200btheg pa chen po rgyud bla ma&#8217;i bstan bcos rnam par bshad pa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tibetan.works\/etext\/reader.php?collection=tengyur&amp;index=4025\">Tibetan<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAsan\u0307ga and Gyaltsab Je&#8217;s Commentary on Sublime Continuum<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><ul>\n<li>Asan\u0307ga, Dar-ma-rin-chen, Rgyal-tshab-rje (Gyaltsab Je), and Bo Jiang, trans. 2017. <em>The Sublime Continuum and its Explanatory Commentary (Maha\u0304ya\u0304nottaratantras\u0301a\u0304stravya\u0304khya\u0304 ; Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma&#8217;i bstan bcos dang de&#8217;i rnam par bshad pa).<\/em> AIBS. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=14145428\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Contemporary Scholarship<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><ul>\n<li>Brunnho\u0308lzl Karl. 2015. <em>When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and Its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sutra and Tantra.<\/em> Snow Lion.<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8323651\/show\"> JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, and Thubten Chodron. 2018. <em>Sam\u0323sa\u0304ra, Nirva\u0304n\u0323a, and Buddha Nature.<\/em> Wisdom Publications.<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13544815\/show\"> JABL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Duckworth, Douglas S. 2008. <em>Mipam on Buddha-Nature : The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition<\/em>. State University of New York Press.<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8321617\"> JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Duckworth, Douglas S. 2019. <em>Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature.<\/em> Oxford University Press.<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145464\/show\"> JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Makransky, John J. 1997. <em>Buddhahood Embodied: Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet<\/em>. State University of New York Press.<a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8314807\/show\"> JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rinpoche Thrangu and Ken and Katia Holmes, trans. 1994. T<em>he Uttara Tantra, a Treatise on Buddha Nature<\/em>.&nbsp; Sri Satguru Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/library\/resource.php?resourceID=8312893\">JABL<\/a> &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Sonam Rinchen. 2003. <em>Buddha Natur<\/em>e<em>: Oral Teachings<\/em>. Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8322883\/show\">JABL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tsering Wangchuk. 2017. <em>The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows: Tibetan Thinkers Debate the Centrality of the Buddha-Nature Treatise.<\/em> State University of New York Press. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/1009308416\">WorldCat<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Wangchuk, Tsering. 2009. <em>The Uttaratantra in the Age of Argumentation: Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen and His Fourteenth-Century Interlocutors on Buddha-Lineage<\/em>. Dissertation University of Virginia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Media and Other Resources<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\"><ul>\n<li>Berzin, Alexander. (n.d.) <em>Commentary on \u201cUttaratantra\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berzin.<\/em> Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/en\/advanced-studies\/lam-rim\/buddha-nature\/commentary-on-uttaratantra-dr-berzin\">studybuddhism.com<\/a>&nbsp;(audio and transcripts)<\/li>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. 2019. <em>The Furthest Everlasting Continuum and Three Principal Aspects of the Path by the 14th Dalai Lama.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buddhanature.tsadra.org\/index.php\/Media\/The_Furthest_Everlasting_Continuum_and_Three_Principal_Aspects_of_the_Path_by_the_14th_Dalai_Lama_(Part_1_of_3)\"> buddhanature.tsadra.org<\/a> (video)<\/li>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. (n.d.) <em>Commentary on \u201cUttaratantra\u201d \u2013 The Dalai Lama.<\/em> Study Buddhism by Berzin Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/studybuddhism.com\/en\/advanced-studies\/lam-rim\/buddha-nature\/commentary-on-uttaratantra-the-dalai-lama\">studybuddhism.com<\/a>&nbsp;(audio and transcripts)<\/li>\n<li><em>Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Inititive <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buddhanature.tsadra.org\/index.php\/Main_Page\">buddhanature.tsadra.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jinpa, Thupten. 2022. &#8220;Tsongkhapa on Emptiness and the Experience of Emptiness.&#8221; Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. <a href=\"https:\/\/buddhanature.tsadra.org\/index.php\/Media\/Thupten_Jinpa:_Tsongkhapa_on_Emptiness_and_the_Experience_of_Emptiness\">buddhanature.tsadra.org<\/a> (video)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUttaratantra.\u201d Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative.<a href=\"https:\/\/buddhanature.tsadra.org\/index.php\/Key_Terms\/Uttaratantra\"> buddhanature.tsadra.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-18\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Subject Guides<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/action-research-project\/\">Action Research Project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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