de bzhin gshegs pa'i rigs

de bzhin gshegs pa'i rigs

In the CMT system, this is the family of the buddha Akṣobhya, one of the five buddhas.

This term arises from a classification of beings into different groups (lineages) according to their destinies: disciple lineage, solitary buddha lineage, buddha lineage, etc. The Mādhyamika school, and the sūtras that are its foundation, maintains that all living beings belong to the buddha lineage, that disciple vehicle nirvāṇa is not a final destiny, and that arhats must eventually enter the Mahāyāna path. Mañjuśrī carries this idea to the extreme, finding the tathāgata lineage everywhere, in all mundane things. See http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-060-005.html#UT22084-060-005-21, and Lamotte, Appendice, Note VII.
'family of the tathāgatas'

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