Steve, I see. Tathagatagarbha is Buddha nature. It is associated with alaya consciousness, which must be worked on to gain enlightenment. Anthony
--- On Sat, 9/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 9 April, 2011, 5:44 PM --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > Â > You say, "Tathagatagarbha school of thought." > Â > What is it? Is it the 'mind only' theory? > Â > Anthony > > Hi Anthony. No, it is not the Mind-Only theory, although it did become allied > with that school of thought. It is associated with the Tathagatagarbha Sutra, > the Mahaparanirvana Sutra, the Angulimaliya Sutra, the Anunatua-Apurnata > Nirdesa and the Srimaladevi Sutra. Here is a link to the wikipedia article on > the Tathagatagarbha Doctrine. I should mention that it is a minority > view-point in Mahayana and Vajrayana thhought. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tathagatagarbha_doctrine Steve > > >
