{"product_id":"the-buddha-nature-a-study-of-the-tathagatagarbha-and-alayavijnana","title":"The Buddha Nature: A Study of the Tathagatagarbha and Alayavijnana","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the fundamental tenets of Mahayana Buddhism animating and grounding\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ethe doctrine and discipline of its spiritual path, is the inherent\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003epotentiality of all animate beings to attain the supreme and perfect\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eenlightenment of Buddhahood. This book examines the ontological\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003epresuppositions and the corresponding soteriological-epistemological\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eprinciples that sustain and define such a theory. Within the field of\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eBuddhist studies, such a work provides a comprehensive context in which to\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003einterpret the influence and major insights of the various Buddhist schools.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThus, the dynamics of the Buddha Nature, though non-thematic and implicit,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eis at the heart of Zen praxis, while it is a significant articulation in\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eKegon, Tendai, and Shingon thought. More specifically, the book seeks to\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eestablish a coherent metaphysics of absolute suchness (Tathata),\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003esynthesizing the variant traditions of the Tathagata-embryo\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e(Tathagatagarbha) and the Storehouse Consciousness (Alayavijnana).\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThe books' contribution to the broader field of the History of Religions\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003erests in its presentation and analysis of the Buddhist Enlightenment as the\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003esalvific-transformational moment in which Tathata 'awakens' to itself,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ecomes to perfect slef-realization as the Absolute suchness of reality, in\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eand through phenomenal human consciousness. The book is an interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eof the Buddhist Path as the spontaneous self-emergence of 'embryonic'\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eabsolute knowledge as it comes to free itself from the concealments of\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eadventitious defilements, and possess itself in fully self-explicitated\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eself-consciousness as the 'Highest Truth' and unconditional nature of all\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eexistence; it does so only in the form of omniscient wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReview(s)\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author(s)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD PUBLICATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51272702427434,"sku":"CRAZY-9789359033112","price":36.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/649_4cd4d085-967b-4ba2-be39-5eeb90ad1165.jpg?v=1773919348","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/the-buddha-nature-a-study-of-the-tathagatagarbha-and-alayavijnana","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}