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By Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Maitreya's Ratnagotravibhaga, often referred to as the Uttaratantra, is the most Indian treatise on buddha nature, an idea that's seriously debated in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. In A Direct route to the Buddha Within, Klaus-Dieter Mathes appears at a pivotal Tibetan observation in this textual content via move Lotsawa Zhonu buddy, most sensible often called the writer of the Blue Annals. cross Lotsawa, whose lecturers spanned the spectrum of Tibetan faculties, constructed a hugely nuanced realizing of buddha nature, tying it in with mainstream Mahayana proposal whereas keeping off contested facets of the so-called empty-of-other (zhentong) method. as well as translating key parts of cross Lotsawa's remark, Mathes offers an in-depth old context, comparing Go's place opposed to these of alternative Kagyu, Nyingma, and Jonang masters and analyzing how cross Lotsawa's view impacts his figuring out of the buddha characteristics, the idea that of vacancy, and the perform of mahamudra.

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