A self-aggrandizing vehicle: tathāgatagarbha, tīrthikas, and the true self

This article concerns the Indian tathāgatagarbha literature: Mahāyānist works, produced no later than the early fifth century, which assert that all sentient beings possess already the qualities of a Buddha. Early works of this tradition – perhaps even the earliest that are available to us – explain...

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Main Author: Jones, CV
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Peeters Online Journals 2016