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  • noun Buddhism The potential of achieving the nature of the Buddha through study and religious practice

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  • The basic nature of sentient beings is the capacity for enlightenment, which we call Buddha-nature.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • The basic nature of sentient beings is the capacity for enlightenment, which we call Buddha-nature.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • For the Buddhist non-dual system of Dzogchen, the Self is a synonym for the Buddha-nature and the ground of all.

    John Stanley: A Buddhist Ecology Of Self John Stanley 2012

  • Buddhists see human and non-human animals as closely related, with both having a Buddha-nature and the possibility of becoming perfectly enlightened.

    Wendy Diamond: Thailand : Buddha's Animal Kingdom Wendy Diamond 2011

  • Well, I like to juxtapose that with the gaga-profundity from the Matrix, where the little Buddha-nature kid bending the spoons with mind power says to Neo, "There is no spoon."

    intertribal: comprehensive review of way too many movies intertribal 2010

  • According to Buddhism, we all have within us the potential for awakening, and our very essence is that of Buddha-nature.

    Varun Soni: Awakening the Buddha Within at Lafayette College Varun Soni 2010

  • The innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness within each and every single sentient being is genderless, unborn, and undying -- more akin to clear light than to our personalities -- and is timeless, untarnished, and incorruptible.

    Who and What Is Buddha, Really? 2010

  • The equality of us all is the natural implication of this recognition of universally innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness, the primordially pure and untrammeled inner light.

    Who and What Is Buddha, Really? 2010

  • The equality of us all is the natural implication of this recognition of universally innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness, the primordially pure and untrammeled inner light.

    Lama Surya Das: Who and What Is Buddha, Really? 2010

  • The innate Buddha-nature or Buddha-ness within each and every single sentient being is genderless, unborn, and undying -- more akin to clear light than to our personalities -- and is timeless, untarnished, and incorruptible.

    Lama Surya Das: Who and What Is Buddha, Really? 2010

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