Buddha-nature

Mahayana sutra

thumb|397x397px|Tathagata, Gautama Buddha|Shakyamuni Buddha in a [[thangka painting showing the avadana legend scenes]] Tathāgata (), translated into Chinese as Rulai () and English as Thus Come One, is a Pali and Sanskrit word used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, used it when referring to himself or other past Buddhas in the Pāli Canon. Likewise, in the Mahayana corpus, it is an epithet of Shakyamuni Buddha and the other celestial buddhas. The term is often thought to mean either "one who has thus gone" (tathā

sutra

The dharmakāya (, "truth body" or "reality body", , ) is one of the three bodies (trikāya) of a Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism. The dharmakāya constitutes the unmanifested, "inconceivable" (acintya) aspect of a Buddha out of which Buddhas arise and to which they return after their dissolution. When a Buddha manifests out of the dharmakāya in a physical body of flesh and blood, which is perceptible to ordinary sentient beings, this is called a nirmāṇakāya, "transformation body".

thumb|The Moonlight|moon and its light hidden by the clouds is a metaphor for the [[luminous mind of Buddha-nature, which is always shining but can be hidden or covered over by the afflictions.]]

Mahāyāna sūtra that uses the backdrop of the Buddha's final nirvana to describe the undying and eternal nature of the Buddha and the buddha-nature within all living beings

Nondualism, also called nonduality, is a polyvalent term originating in Indian philosophy and religion, where it is used in various, related contemplative philosophies which aim to negate dualistic thinking or conceptual proliferation (prapanca) and thereby realize nondual awareness, 'that which is beyond discursive thinking', a state of consciousness described in contemplative traditions as a background field of unified, immutable awareness that exists prior to conceptual thought.

Mahayana text, attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, but actually a Chinese composition; harmonizes Buddha-nature and Yogacara into a synthetic vision based on the One Mind in Two Aspects concept

Doctrine within Tibetan Buddhism

types of consciousness in Mahayana Buddhism

Mahāyāna scripture on the existence of the Tathāgatagarbha within all sentient beings

East Asian Buddhist doctrine

set of Mahayana Buddhist theological texts on the concept of the "womb" or "embryo" of the Buddha

metaphor used in Buddhist doctrine

In Buddhist philosophy, svasaṃvedana (also svasaṃvitti) is a term which refers to the reflexive nature of consciousness, or the awareness of being aware. It was initially a theory of cognition held by the Mahāsaṃghika and Sautrāntika schools while the Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika school argued against it.