October 28th, 2024

The teaching of the one vehicle that reveals the true nature holds that all sentient beings without exception have the intrinsically enlightened true mind. From time without beginning it is permanently abiding and immaculate.

It is shining, unobscured, clear and bright ever-present awareness. It is also called Buddha-nature, and it is also called “tathagata-garbha." From time without beginning deluded thoughts cover it, and sentient beings by themselves are not aware of it.

Tsung-mi