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    The Tathāgatagarbha sūtras include the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra, Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra. Related...
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    inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine. The Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra is considered "the earliest expression of this [the tathāgatagarbha doctrine] and the...
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    Buddhist terms, most notably tathāgatagarbha and buddhadhātu, but also sugatagarbha, and buddhagarbha. Tathāgatagarbha can mean "the womb" or "embryo"...
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    one of the main early Mahāyāna Buddhist texts belonging to the Tathāgatagarbha sūtras that teaches the doctrines of Buddha-nature and "One Vehicle" through...
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  • particular are the tathāgatagarbha sūtras, where the title itself means a garbha (womb, matrix, seed) containing Tathāgata (Buddha). These Sutras suggest, states...
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  • "transformation body". The Dhammakāya tradition of Thailand and the Tathāgatagarbha sūtras of the ancient Indian tradition view the dharmakāya as the ātman...
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    Mahāyāna sūtras Nirvana (Buddhism) Shinjō Itō, founder of the Shinnyo-en school of Buddhism Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra Buddha-nature Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra It...
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    the "three turnings". Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra – One of the key "Buddha nature" (Tathāgatagarbha) sūtras. Shrīmālādevi-simhanāda Sūtra – A "Buddha nature"...
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    hundred Mahāyāna sūtras survive in Sanskrit, or in Chinese and Tibetan translations. They are also sometimes called Vaipulya ("extensive") sūtras by earlier...
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    Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. It is the main scripture on which the Tiantai along with its derivative...
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