The Unchangingness of the Realm of Sentient Beings: The Tathagatagarbha Doctrine in the Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta
The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, which was translated into Chinese in 520, is about a critique of two types of wrong views regarding the realm of sentient beings, namely, the view of increase in two aspects and the view of decrease in three aspects. This paper examines the notions in an equatio...
| Published in: | Cultural and religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2021
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 88-94 |
| Further subjects: | B
unchangingness
B Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta B tathagatagarbha B realm of sentient beings |
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| Summary: | The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, which was translated into Chinese in 520, is about a critique of two types of wrong views regarding the realm of sentient beings, namely, the view of increase in two aspects and the view of decrease in three aspects. This paper examines the notions in an equation noted in the sūtra and investigates the interrelation between the notions. It argues that the sūtra’s doctrine about the unchangingness of sentient beings is based on the equivalence of the supreme truth, the realm of sentient beings, the Buddha-nature, the dharma-body, and the single realm. The highest idea in the sūtra is neither abiding in nirvana nor in saṃsāra. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2021.02.005 |