tathāgatagarbha

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|Glossary-Term=tathāgatagarbha
|Glossary-EnglishRY=Enlightened essence
|Glossary-Term-Alt=དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་; de gshegs pa’i snying po
|Glossary-Definition=Essence/Heart of the Thus Gone One (Karl Brunnhölzl, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 897)
|Glossary-DefinitionKB=[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''|Read more about Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha'']] by Karl Brunnhölzl. 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Explanations_of_Tathāgatagarbha_in_Indian_Texts|Explanations of Tathāgatagarbha in Indian Texts]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That Is a Nonimplicative Negation|Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That Is a Nonimplicative Negation]]
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tathāgatagarbha as Mind’s Luminous Nature|Tathāgatagarbha as Mind’s Luminous Nature]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tathāgatagarbha as the Ālaya-Consciousness|Tathāgatagarbha as the Ālaya-Consciousness]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tathāgatagarbha as a Sentient Being|Tathāgatagarbha as a Sentient Being]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tathāgatagarbha as the Dharmakāya, Suchness, the Disposition, and Nonconceptuality|Tathāgatagarbha as the Dharmakāya, Suchness, the Disposition, and Nonconceptuality]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tibetan Assertions on Tathāgatagarbha|Tibetan Assertions on Tathāgatagarbha]]
|Glossary-DefinitionOther=Womb of the tathagatas

“Containing the tathagatas”

“Womb”, “embryo”, “essence”, or “heart” (garbha) of the Thus Gone (tathāgata)
|Glossary-Other-Defs=Enlightened essence (Rangjung Yeshe)
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Womb of the tathagatas
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“Containing the tathagatas”
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“Womb”, “embryo”, “essence”, or “heart” (garbha) of the Thus Gone (tathāgata)<br>
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[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''|Read more about Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha'']] by Karl Brunnhölzl. 

::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Explanations_of_Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_in_Indian_Texts|Explanations of Tathāgatagarbha in Indian Texts]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_as_the_Emptiness_That_Is_a_Nonimplicative_Negation|Tathāgatagarbha as the Emptiness That Is a Nonimplicative Negation]]
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_as_Mind.E2.80.99s_Luminous_Nature|Tathāgatagarbha as Mind’s Luminous Nature]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_as_the_.C4.80laya-Consciousness|Tathāgatagarbha as the Ālaya-Consciousness]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_as_a_Sentient_Being|Tathāgatagarbha as a Sentient Being]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tath.C4.81gatagarbha_as_the_Dharmak.C4.81ya.2C_Suchness.2C_the_Disposition.2C_and_Nonconceptuality|Tathāgatagarbha as the Dharmakāya, Suchness, the Disposition, and Nonconceptuality]] 
::[[Books/When the Clouds Part/Different Ways of Explaining the Meaning of ''Tathāgatagarbha''#Tibetan_Assertions_on_Tath.C4.81gatagarbha|Tibetan Assertions on Tathāgatagarbha]]
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