sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā

Sanskrit Noun

emptiness endowed with all supreme aspects

རྣམ་ཀུན་མཆོག་ལྡན་གྱི་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་

Basic Meaning

As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.

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David Higgins at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

David Higgins explores the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje’s (1507–1554) prolific writings on tathāgatagarbha, which contain several extended discussions on the topic of how buddha-nature relates to different conceptions of selfhood.

Higgins, David. "Buddha-Nature and Selfhood." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzI1PxptpI.

Higgins, David. "Buddha-Nature and Selfhood." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 41:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzI1PxptpI.;David Higgins at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium;Karmapa, 8th;Buddha-nature as Self - Atman;'gos lo tsA ba gzhon nu dpal;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Indian Buddhism;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism;Karma Kagyu;guṇapāramitā;dharmakāya;ālayavijñāna;Vajrayana;ātman;Ground;sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā;anātman;rgyu'i rgyud;David Higgins; Buddha-Nature and Selfhood

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Douglas Duckworth at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium

Douglas Duckworth presents how buddha-nature is interpreted by Mipam Gyatso (1846–1912). He shows that while Mipam accepts that the qualities of the buddha are primordially present, unconditioned, and not newly produced, they are also empty of inherent existence.

Duckworth, Douglas. "Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 42:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBWdnUfS8w.

Duckworth, Douglas. "Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection." Paper presented at the University of Vienna Symposium, Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia, Vienna, Austria, July 2019. Video, 42:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBWdnUfS8w.;Douglas Duckworth at the 2019 Tathāgatagarbha Symposium;Sentient beings;Mi pham rgya mtsho;Dzogchen;Rangtong;Zhentong;guṇa;Bde gshegs snying po'i stong thun chen mo seng+ge'i nga ro;Gzhan stong khas len seng ge'i nga ro;gotra;Disclosure model;dharmakāya;Buddha-nature as Emptiness;Buddha-nature as Luminosity;The doctrine of buddha-nature in Tibetan Buddhism;Nyingma;sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā;Disclosure model;Production model;Douglas Duckworth;Sentient Beings Within: Buddha-Nature and the Great Perfection

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Term Variations
Key Term	sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā
Topic Variation	emptiness endowed with all supreme aspects
Tibetan	རྣམ་ཀུན་མཆོག་ལྡན་གྱི་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	rnam kun mchog ldan gyi stong pa nyid
Buddha-nature Site Standard English	emptiness endowed with all supreme aspects
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	emptiness endowed with all supreme aspects, emptiness endowed with the supreme of all aspects
Richard Barron's English Term	emptiness (that is) endowed with the most sublime of all qualities/ attributes
Term Information
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.
Term Type	Noun
Definitions
Further Reading Material	Karl Brunnhölzl on the emptiness endowed with all supreme aspects