The Buddha's definitive teachings on how we should understand the ground of enlightenment and the nature and qualities of buddhahood.
All sentient beings, without exception, have buddha nature—the inherent purity and perfection of the mind, untouched by changing mental states. Thus there is neither any reason for conceit nor self-contempt. This is obscured by veils that are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind. The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra, one of the “Five Treatises” said to have been dictated to Asanga by the Bodhisattva Maitreya, presents the Buddha’s definitive teachings on how we should understand this ground of enlightenment and clarifies the nature and qualities of buddhahood. This seminal text details with great clarity the view that forms the basis for Vajrayana, and especially Mahamudra, practice.
- ISBN10 6612625635
- ISBN13 9786612625633
- Publish Date 31 July 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Shambhala Publications Inc
- Imprint Snow Lion Publications
- Format eBook
- Pages 410
- Language English