The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (455 page)

(Skt., ‘buddha-nature’). In Mah
y
na Buddhism, the real and undifferentiated nature of all appearance. Since this nature constitutes all beings, they all have equal opportunity to realize this fact and to attain enlightenment. In Zen Buddhism, the equivalent (Jap.) term is
bussho
, or
hossho
, and the awakening to the truth of that nature and one's identity with it is
muj
d
-no-taigen
. See also
HUA-YEN
;
TATH
GATA-GARBHA
.

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search

Buddhavacana
:

see
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES
.

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search

Buddhava
sa
(stories of previous Buddhas)
:

see
KHUDDAKA-NIK
YA
.

 
Back
  -  
 
New Search