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**regfortruegoo** · 02-17-2011, 12:26 AM

So, I'm not sure what is meant by "Buddha nature" unless it means being able to use one's intellect to decide what choices in life to make to persue the path.

No, that's not what it means.

...and as far as I'm aware, "all sentient beings" means all living things.

Buddha nature was described by the late Chagdud Tulku in 'Gates to Buddhist Practice' as follows...

The mind is the source of both our suffering and happiness. It can be used positively to create benefit, or negatively to create harm. Although every being's fundemental nature is beginningless, deathless purity - what we call buddha nature - we don't recognise it.

02-17-2011, 12:26 AM	#3
regfortruegoo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	So, I'm not sure what is meant by "Buddha nature" unless it means being able to use one's intellect to decide what choices in life to make to persue the path. No, that's not what it means. ...and as far as I'm aware, "all sentient beings" means all living things. Buddha nature was described by the late Chagdud Tulku in 'Gates to Buddhist Practice' as follows... The mind is the source of both our suffering and happiness. It can be used positively to create benefit, or negatively to create harm. Although every being's fundemental nature is beginningless, deathless purity - what we call buddha nature - we don't recognise it.
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