Sanskrit Noun
samudānītagotra
acquired potential
समुदानीतगोत्र
རྒྱས་འགྱུར་གྱི་རིགས་
習所成種性
Basic Meaning
A potential or disposition that is acquired, accentuated, or developed through past karmic actions.
| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | samudānītagotra |
| Topic Variation | samudānītagotra |
| Tibetan | རྒྱས་འགྱུར་གྱི་རིགས་ ( gye gyur kyi rik) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | rgyas 'gyur gyi rigs ( gye gyur kyi rik) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | समुदानीतगोत्र |
| Romanized Sanskrit | samudānītagotra |
| Chinese | 習所成種性 |
| Chinese Pinyin | xí suǒ chéng zhǒng xìng |
| Japanese Transliteration | shūshushō |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | acquired potential |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | unfolding disposition |
| Richard Barron's English Term | evolved aspect of spiritual affinity |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | developmental lineage |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | the affinity to be developed |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | A potential or disposition that is acquired, accentuated, or developed through past karmic actions. |
| Related Terms | prakṛtisthagotra |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 759–60: In the Yogācāra school, a distinction is made between the indestructible, inherent “naturally endowed lineage” (prakṛtisthagotra) and this changeable, continuously acquired “lineage conditioned by habits” (samudānītagotra). In contrast to the former, which predetermines a person’s orientation toward the two vehicles of either Mahāyāna or Hīnayāna, the latter allows for some leeway for personal adaptations and change through doctrinal study, practice, and exposure (these are what are meant by “habits”). According to this controversial Yogācāra tenet, whereas a person cannot effect change in terms of his highest spiritual potential and vehicular predisposition because of his “naturally endowed lineage,” he can nevertheless influence the speed with which he is able to attain enlightenment, and other extrinsic variations within his predetermined “lineage.” This flexibility is the lineage that is conditioned, and can be altered, by “habits.” Together and in contrast with the “naturally endowed lineage,” they are known as “the two lineages: intrinsic and acquired” (xingxi er[zhong]xing). |
