Sugatagarbha

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Sugatagarbha (T. bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po) literally means "sugata-essence",[1] "enlightened essence",[1] or "essense of the sugata".[2] The term is synonomous with tathāgatagarbha,[2] and is commonly translated as "buddha nature."

See also: sugata

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rangjung a-circle30px.jpg bde_bar_gshegs_pa%27i_snying_po, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Sugatagarbha
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