Tathāgatagarbha sutras

E285370

Buddhist text collection Mahayana Buddhist scripture

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra	2
Tathāgatagarbha sutras canonical	2
Buddha‑nature sutras	1
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Mahāyāna version)	1
Tathagatagarbha Sutra	1
Tathagatagarbha sutras	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ to reinterpret the nature of self in Mahāyāna terms ⓘ
associatedConcept	Buddha-dhātu ⓘ linked to: Tathagatagarbha 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 ⓘ Buddhahood is immanent in all beings ⓘ defilements are adventitious and removable ⓘ
debatedBy	Madhyamaka philosophers ⓘ linked to: Madhyamaka
debatedIssue	compatibility with anātman doctrine ⓘ
emphasize	inherent purity of mind ⓘ universality of Buddhahood ⓘ
genre	doctrinal discourse ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early centuries CE ⓘ
includeText	Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśa Sūtra ⓘ Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra ⓘ Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra ⓘ linked to: Lankāvatāra Sutra Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Mahāyāna version) ⓘ linked to: Tathāgatagarbha sutras Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra ⓘ linked to: Tathāgatagarbha sutras Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra ⓘ
influenced	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
interpretedAs	affirmation of a positive ultimate principle ⓘ skillful means to inspire faith in enlightenment potential ⓘ
language	Classical Sanskrit ⓘ
mainDoctrine	Buddha-nature ⓘ linked to: Tathagatagarbha
philosophicalRole	bridge between emptiness doctrine and positive language about ultimate reality ⓘ
preservedIn	Chinese Buddhist canon ⓘ linked to: Chinese Buddhist Canon Tibetan Buddhist canon ⓘ linked to: Tibetan Kangyur
regionOfOrigin	Indian subcontinent ⓘ linked to: South Asia
relatedDoctrine	Buddha-nature (foxing) in Chinese Buddhism ⓘ original enlightenment (hongaku) in Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana
scripturalStatus	important but not universally accepted in all Mahāyāna schools ⓘ
teach	all beings have innate potential for enlightenment ⓘ all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature ⓘ

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