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All-ground ([[kun gzhi]])
[[Buddha Nature]] (bde gshegs snying po): It is not an "entity" but the ultimate [[nature of mind]], free from the veils of [[ignorance]]. Every [[sentient being]] ''is'' the potential to actualize this [[buddha nature]] by attaining perfect knowledge of the [[nature of mind]]. It is in a way the "primordial goodness" of sentient beings. [MR]
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alaya - all-ground. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with buddha nature or dharmakaya, the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the 'ignorant all-ground,' it refers to a neutral state of dualistic mind that has not been embraced by innate wakefulness and thus is the basis for samsaric experience [RY]


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Buddha Nature (bde gshegs snying po): It is not an "entity" but the ultimate nature of mind, free from the veils of ignorance. Every sentient being is the potential to actualize this buddha nature by attaining perfect knowledge of the nature of mind. It is in a way the "primordial goodness" of sentient beings. [MR]

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