TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown, Brian Edward  	
TI  - The Buddha nature: : a study of the Tathāgatagarbha and ālayavijñāna
SN  - 812080631X
U1  - 294.3 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
KW  - Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines
KW  - Buddha-Natur
KW  - Tathāgatagarbha (Buddhism)
N1  - PART ONE: THE TATHAGATAGARBHA IN THE SRI-MALA
sOtra and the RATNAGOTRAVIBHAGA
Chapter I.
Analysis of the Sri-Mala Sutra
Tathagatagarbha as Ontic Subjectivity
Tathdgatagarbha and Soteriology
The Status of the Buddha
Tathdgatagarbha and Epistemology
The Nescience Entrenchment
The Buddha Natures
The Four Noble Truths
Tathdgatagarbha as Both Sunya and Asunya
Tathdgatagarbha as Self-explicitating Knowledge
Evaluation

II. The Ratnagotravibhaga
The Jewels of the Dhartna and the Sarngha 
Samald and Nirmald Tathatd
Threefold Meaning of the Tathdgatagarbha
The Meaning of Gotra

III. Characteristics of the Embryo Reality: Its Self-nature
The Cause of the Embryo's Purification
The Four Supreme Virtues: Antidotal Methodology
Atma-Paramita: Supreme Unity
Nitya-Paramitd: Supreme Eternity
Supreme Bliss and Supreme Purity
The Result of the Embryo's Self-purification
The Union with the purifying Factors

IV. Further Characteristics of the Embryo
The Function of the Embryo Towards Selfpurification
The Embryo's Manifestation
Cittaprakrti: the Innate Mind
Buddhahood and Nirvana

V. Nine Illustrations of the GARBHA
Threefold Nature of the Tathdgatagarbha

VI. The Tathagatagarbha and ^unyata
Tathdgatagarbha as Stmya and Asunya,
The Ratnagotra and the Prajhdpdramitd
Tradition

VII. The Properties of the Buddha
Nirmald Tathatd
Evaluation


PART TWO: THE ALAYAVIJNANA IN THE LANKAVATARA
SOTRA and the CH'ENG WEI-SHIH LUN

VIII. The Lankavatara Sutra
The Union of the Tathdgatagarbha and the Alayavijhdna
The Confusion of Epistemology and Ontology in the Lahkdvatdra

IX. The C^i'ENG Wei-Shih Lun
The Metaphysics of Mere-Consciousness
The Alayavijhana and the Bijas

X. The Alayavijnana and Ignorance
Atmagrdha and Dharmagrdha
The Manas and Manovijndna
The Ultimate Origin of Ignorance

XI. The Holy Path of Attainment
The Stage of Moral Provisioning
The Stage of Intensified Effort
The Stage of Unimpeded Penetrating
Understanding
The Stage of Exercising Cultivation
The Stage of Ultimate Realization


PART THREE: THE TATHAGATAGARBHA-ALA YA VIJNANA: SUMMARY AND COMPARISON
XII. Conclusion
The Tathdgatagarbha in the Sri-Mdld Sutra 
The Tathdgatagarbha in the Ratnagotravibhdga
The Lahkdvatdra Sutra
The Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun
The Ultimate Status of Ignorance in the Theory of the Tathdgatagarbha-Alayavijhdna
The Tathdgatagarbha-Alayavijhdna and the Hegelian Absolute Spirit
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