Ideas
From Buddha-Nature
Key Questions
- What is buddha-nature?
- Is buddha-nature emptiness or luminosity?
- How did buddha-nature thought develop in Tibet?
- How do I engage with buddha-nature in my practice?
Core Research Topics
- Title Debates
- Author Attributions
- etc
Key Binaries
- Is Buddha-nature considered definitive or provisional?
- All beings have Buddha-nature
- Which Wheel Turning
- Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
- Zhentong vs Rangtong
- Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
- Promotes how many vehicles?
- Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
- What is Buddha-nature?
- Buddha-nature as the Emptiness That is a Nonimplicative Negation
- Buddha-nature as Mind's Luminous Nature
- Buddha-nature as the Alaya Consciousness
- Buddha-nature as a Sentient Being
- Buddha-nature as the Dharmakaya
- Buddha-nature as Suchness
- Buddha-nature as the Disposition
- Buddha-nature as Nonconceptuality
Interesting Areas of Debate
Zhentong
