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Buddha Nature: What Is It; How Is It Different From Soul?

2018

In a short video teaching, Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche explains why understanding “Buddha Nature” — in Sanskrit, tathāgatagarbha — can really inspire your Buddhist practice. This short teaching was in response to a question from a student.

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Buddha's Nature

The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body.

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Wes Nisker
2008
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Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra with Commentary

All sentient beings, without exception, have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit nor self-contempt.

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Arya Maitreya
2018
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Everything Is Buddhanature

Original sin vs. original goodness: Mahayana Buddhism offers a more hopeful view of human nature. Zen teacher Melissa Myozen Blacker reveals how nondual practice frees us from our temporary obscurations and reveals our true, awakened nature.

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Melissa Myozen Blacker
2018
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Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There

In our practice the most important thing is to realize that we have buddhanature. Intellectually we may know this, but it is rather difficult to accept.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2017
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The Lamp of Zazen

The point of zazen, says Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, is to live each moment in complete combustion, like a clean-burning kerosene lamp.

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Shunryu Suzuki
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The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication

This reference explores Qabbalah, Sibyls, Fairies, Poltergeists; phenomena such as intuition and karma; objects useful in the attempt to cross the divide, including tarot cards, flower reading, and runes; and related practices such as Shamanism, transfiguration, meditation, and mesmerism.

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Raymond Buckland
2005
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The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy—all qualities of enlightenment.

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Thich Nhat Hanh
1999
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