Tathāgatagarbha sutras
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The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Mahāyāna version) | 1 |
| Tathagatagarbha sutras | 1 |
| Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra | 1 |
| Tathāgatagarbha sutras canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2624313 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tathāgatagarbha sutras Context triple: [Mahayana sutras, includesText, Tathāgatagarbha sutras]
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A.
Pure Land sutras
The Pure Land sutras are a group of influential Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that describe the vows of Amitābha Buddha and the path to rebirth in his blissful Pure Land through faith and devotional practice.
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B.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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C.
Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is a brief but foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture that distills the doctrine of emptiness and is widely chanted and studied across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
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D.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
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E.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tathāgatagarbha sutras Target entity description: The Tathāgatagarbha sutras are a group of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that teach all beings possess an innate Buddha-nature, emphasizing the inherent potential for enlightenment.
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A.
Pure Land sutras
The Pure Land sutras are a group of influential Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that describe the vows of Amitābha Buddha and the path to rebirth in his blissful Pure Land through faith and devotional practice.
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B.
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.
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C.
Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is a brief but foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture that distills the doctrine of emptiness and is widely chanted and studied across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
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D.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
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E.
Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist text collection
ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist scripture ⓘ |
| aim |
to encourage confidence in attaining Buddhahood
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to reinterpret the nature of self in Mahāyāna terms ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Tathagatagarbha
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddha-dhātu
Buddha-nature doctrine ⓘ tathāgatagarbha ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool |
Tathāgatagarbha tradition
ⓘ
Yogācāra ⓘ |
| category | Mahāyāna sūtras ⓘ |
| contrastWith | doctrine of no-self (anātman) as commonly interpreted ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
Buddha-nature is obscured by defilements
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Buddhahood is immanent in all beings ⓘ defilements are adventitious and removable ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
Madhyamaka
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surface form:
Madhyamaka philosophers
|
| debatedIssue | compatibility with anātman doctrine ⓘ |
| emphasize |
inherent purity of mind
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universality of Buddhahood ⓘ |
| genre | doctrinal discourse ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| includeText |
Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa Sūtra
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Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra ⓘ Lankāvatāra Sutra ⓘ
surface form:
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra
Tathāgatagarbha sutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Mahāyāna version)
Tathāgatagarbha sutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra
Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Buddhism
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East Asian Buddhism ⓘ Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
affirmation of a positive ultimate principle
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skillful means to inspire faith in enlightenment potential ⓘ |
| language | Classical Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
Tathagatagarbha
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surface form:
Buddha-nature
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| philosophicalRole | bridge between emptiness doctrine and positive language about ultimate reality ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Chinese Buddhist Canon
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surface form:
Chinese Buddhist canon
Tibetan Kangyur ⓘ
surface form:
Tibetan Buddhist canon
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| regionOfOrigin |
South Asia
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surface form:
Indian subcontinent
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| relatedDoctrine |
Buddha-nature (foxing) in Chinese Buddhism
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original enlightenment (hongaku) in Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Mahayana
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surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
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| scripturalStatus | important but not universally accepted in all Mahāyāna schools ⓘ |
| teach |
all beings have innate potential for enlightenment
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all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Tathagatagarbha sutras
this entity surface form:
Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra
this entity surface form:
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Mahāyāna version)