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Texts/Ratnadārikāsūtra + (This sūtra is quoted in relation to the third ''vajrapada'' in the ''Uttaratantra'' and the presentation of the sixty-four qualities of awakening.)
Texts/Gzhan stong khas len seng ge'i nga ro + (This text argues that buddha-nature is not … This text argues that buddha-nature is not empty of its natural qualities but only the adventitious impurities in the context of establishing what is ontologically existent or non-existent on the conventional level. Thus, it justifies the position of the other emptiness in the context of the verifying conventional ontic reality. the verifying conventional ontic reality.)
Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra + (This text by Maitreya/Asanga is the main source of buddha-nature teachings in India and Tibet.)
The Buddha Nature: Death and Eternal Soul in Buddhism + (This text consists of a 1996 interview tha … This text consists of a 1996 interview that Dr. Peter Michel conducted with the Dalai Lama in German and was translated into English later. It should be read with the understanding that this may be incorrect translation and should not be viewed as the Dalai Lama's actual thoughts no the subject.lai Lama's actual thoughts no the subject.)
Texts/Aṅgulimālīyasūtra + (This text is included among the class of t … This text is included among the class of tathāgatagarbha sūtras and features several important concepts related to buddha-nature, such as the singe vehicle and a universal element possessed by sentient beings that is equated with the ultimately pure nature of the mind. It also includes some proto-Zhentong explanations of emptiness as an absence of the extraneous, rather than an inherent quality of nothing-ness. than an inherent quality of nothing-ness.)
Texts/Madhyamakāvatāra + (This treatise on Middle Way by [[People/Candrakīrti | Candrakīrti]] d … This treatise on Middle Way by [[People/Candrakīrti | Candrakīrti]] discusses the ten stages of Boddhisattvas, ten perfections and the nature and qualities of a buddha. A major bulk of the book dwells on the Perfection of Wisdom with focus on the explicit message of emptiness (དངོས་བསྟན་སྟོང་ཉིད་). It uses logical arguments such as the analysis of cause that is identical, different, both or neither, the analysis if result which existent, non-existent, both or neither, and the seven-fold reasoning of the chariot to establish all phenomena to be empty of self-existence or intrinsic nature.</br></br>With such emphasis on emptiness, [[People/Candrakīrti | Candrakīrti]], in this treatise, considers the sūtras teaching buddha-nature to be provisional. Buddha-nature is interpreted as another designation for emptiness and taught by the Buddha merely to help lead beings, who are scared of non-self, on the path to enlightenment. As a result, most followers of and commentators on [[People/Candrakīrti | Candrakīrti]] consider him to have rejected buddha-nature. However, [[People/Candrakīrti | Candrakīrti]]'s philosophical position regarding buddha-nature is not as straightforward as it seems, if we are accept him to be the author of the [[Texts/Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā | Pradīpoddyotana-nāma-ṭīkā]]. In this commentary on Guhyasamāja Tantra, which is said to have been written with instructions passed down from [[People/Nāgārjuna | Nāgārjuna]], the author accepts the innate nature of mind to be luminous and endowed with the qualities of the Buddha, argues five aggregates and elements to be buddhas in nature, and all sentient beings to possess buddha-nature. sentient beings to possess buddha-nature.)
Mahāmudrā and the Middle Way + (This two-volume manuscript presents comple … This two-volume manuscript presents complex philosophical discourses from "post-classical" Kagyu writers and includes extensive discussion of the concept of buddha-nature. For instance, "Some Criticisms of Shākya mchog ldan’s Buddha Nature Epistemology" (page 111), andthere is a section entitled "Critique of 'Gos lo tsa ba's Separation of Buddhahood and Buddha Nature" (page 105), which includes a translation and discussion of a section of a text by the Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje, in which he disagrees with the characterization of the relationship between sentient beings and buddhas by Go Lotsawa and Rangjung Dorje. buddhas by Go Lotsawa and Rangjung Dorje.)
Texts/Theg chen rgyud bla ma'i gdams pa + (This work contains pith instructions on the ''Uttaratantra'' that synthesize the terminology and approaches of the Yogācāra and Mahāmudra traditions.)

Buddha Nature (Sallie King) + (This work is the first written by a Western scholar about buddha-nature)

Texts/Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i 'grel pa nges don gsal bar byed pa'i 'od zer + (This work presents a late (14th century) Kadampa view on the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and the associated buddha-nature teachings by an influential representative of this tradition, often referred to as the second Asaṅga (''thogs med gnyis pa'').)
Texts/Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra + (Though not necessarily classified as a tathāgatagarbha sūtra, several themes related to buddha-nature are addressed in this text, such as the single vehicle, the potential for all beings to achieve enlightnement, and the permanence of buddhahood.)
Texts/De bzhin gshegs pa'i snying po bstan pa'i bstan bcos + (Though the text is a brief overview of iss … Though the text is a brief overview of issues discussed in the ''Uttaratantra'', the Third Karmapa clearly views the treatise as not merely a sūtra work. As he states in the closing of the text, "This completes the determination of the buddha heart, the essence of the vajrayāna." (''sangs rgyas kyi snying po gtan la dbab pa rdo rje theg pa'i snying po rdzogs so''). The authors presents a theory of buddha-nature which is the base of all existence and endowed with the qualities of the Buddha and not empty of these transcendent qualities. He integrates many well known verses from the sūtras and tantras in his text.s from the sūtras and tantras in his text.)
Texts/Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra + (Though this is generally considered an important source text for the Madhayamaka teachings, it is quoted in the ''Uttaratantra'', though it is not explicitly cited as the source of the quotation.)
Texts/Sdom gsum rab dbye + (Though this work isn't necessarily about b … Though this work isn't necessarily about buddha-nature, it is highly relevant to this topic for Sakya Paṇḍita's criticism of the proponents of the ''Uttaratantra'' and became an important source for the Sakya school's position on the polemical issues that surround this topic. These critical positions would be reiterated by later generations of scholars of the Sakya and Geluk traditions.cholars of the Sakya and Geluk traditions.)
Texts/Theg mchog shin tu rgyas pa'i dbu ma chen po rnam par nges pa + (Tāranātha's expansive work on Great Madhyamaka in eight chapters. The third chapter of which is devoted to an explanation of buddha-essence (''sang rgyas kyi snying po'') and dharmadhātu (''chos kyi dbyings'').)
Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology + (contains a comparison between Ngok and Tsen on the topic of buddha-nature, pp. 42-44.)