Ratnagotravibhaga, Ratnagotravibhāga, Ratnagotra-vibhaga: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Shodhganga: Thought of buddha natureas depicted in the Lankavatara-sutraRatnagotravibhāga (रत्नगोत्रविभाग) is another name for the Ratnagotravibhāgaśāstra: the great explanation of the Buddha-nature thought. The Ratnagotravibhāgaśāstra (or “Jewel Nature Treatise” / “Buddha-nature Treatise”) synthesizes the significant development of the idea prior. While the Śrīmālādevīsūtra generally emphasized the process of the self-evolution from the enlightening potentiality of Buddha-nature to become itself Dharmakāya as a fruit, the śāstra refers to the identity of these two concepts as an ontological antecedent. In other words, although the Buddha-nature and Dharmakāya are linguistically different, both are ontologically identical. Therefore
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Partial matches: Vibhaga.
Starts with: Ratnagotravibhagashastra.
Full-text: Saddharmavarsha, Buddhamegha, Meghaugha, Shasyasampad, Saddharmasalila, Shasya, Variskandha, Karunambuda, Ambuda, Megha, Salila.
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
1. Early period (d): The Ratnagotravibhāgaśāstra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
1. Early period (e): The Anuttarāśraya-sūtra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
2.2. The Buddha-nature and Yogācāra < [Chapter 1 - Evolution of the Buddha-nature Concept]
The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion’s Roar
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Note (2). The ten Bodhisattva grounds or abodes < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
The Emptiness of Dharmas (dharmaśūnyatā) < [Class 1: The three meditative stabilizations]
The Ratnakūṭa-sūtra < [Part 3 - Outshining the knowledge of all the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)