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BOOK SUMMARY OF BUDDHA NATURE Do we have Buddha Nature the seed of Enlightenment? These questions concerning an ordinary living beings potential to become a Buddha the purest form of existence is the main topic of this book.
Publisher’s Note
The Ven. Geshe Sonam Rinchen taught a course on Buddha nature during the latter part of 2000 to international students attending classes on Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. He explained the topic in terms of the four main schools of Buddhist philosophy drawing on Vasubandhu’s Abbidharmakosa (Chos mgon pai mdzod) for the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika view and on Maitreya’s Mahayanasutralamkara (Tek pa chen poi mdo sdei rgyan) and Mahayanottaratantra (Tek pa chen poi rgyud bla ma) for the Chittamatra and Madhyamika views.
It is hoped that this small book will be of special value to its readers by helping them to recognize their own hidden potential to become enlightened.
We would like to thank Linda Roman for her valuable editorial assistance.
Back of The Book
Do all living being ultimately become enlightened? Do we have Buddha nature the seed of enlightenment? These questions concerning an ordinary living being’s potential to become a Buddha the purest from of existence are the main topic of this book. Based on the views of the three major Buddhist schools of Buddhist schools of Buddhist philosophy – Vaibhasika Cittamatrin and Madhyamaka – Geshe Sonam Rinchen explains how our minds though stained by temporary defilements are innately pure luminous and cognizant and how we can become aware of the mind’s clear light nature.
Geshe Sonam Rinchen was born in 1933 in the Tehor region of Kham Tibet. He began his religious studies at Dhargye Monastery and later entered Sera Je Monastery at Lhasa. He continued his studies in India after his escape from Tibet in 1959 and received the Geshe Lharampa degree in 1980. He is at present a resident teacher at the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives Dharamsala India where he teaches Buddhist philosophy and pratice to international students.
Ruth Sonam holds an M.A. degree from Oxford University. She has acted as interpreter and translator for Geshe Sonam Rinchen since1983.
ISBN-10 : 8186470344
ISBN-13 : 978-8186470343
Item Weight : 82 g
Dimensions : 15 x 5 x 25 cm