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- noun Buddhism The potential of achieving the nature of the
Buddha throughstudy andreligious practice
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The basic nature of sentient beings is the capacity for enlightenment, which we call Buddha-nature.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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The basic nature of sentient beings is the capacity for enlightenment, which we call Buddha-nature.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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For the Buddhist non-dual system of Dzogchen, the Self is a synonym for the Buddha-nature and the ground of all.
John Stanley: A Buddhist Ecology Of Self John Stanley 2012
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Buddhists see human and non-human animals as closely related, with both having a Buddha-nature and the possibility of becoming perfectly enlightened.
Wendy Diamond: Thailand : Buddha's Animal Kingdom Wendy Diamond 2011
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Well, I like to juxtapose that with the gaga-profundity from the Matrix, where the little Buddha-nature kid bending the spoons with mind power says to Neo, "There is no spoon."
intertribal: comprehensive review of way too many movies intertribal 2010
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According to Buddhism, we all have within us the potential for awakening, and our very essence is that of Buddha-nature.
Varun Soni: Awakening the Buddha Within at Lafayette College Varun Soni 2010
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The innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness within each and every single sentient being is genderless, unborn, and undying -- more akin to clear light than to our personalities -- and is timeless, untarnished, and incorruptible.
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The equality of us all is the natural implication of this recognition of universally innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness, the primordially pure and untrammeled inner light.
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The equality of us all is the natural implication of this recognition of universally innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness, the primordially pure and untrammeled inner light.
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The innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness within each and every single sentient being is genderless, unborn, and undying -- more akin to clear light than to our personalities -- and is timeless, untarnished, and incorruptible.
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