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Lotus and Buddha-Nature
Major Mahayana sutras on universal Buddhahood, skillful means, and Buddha-nature.
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Lotus SutraThe Saddharma-puṇḍarīka — The Lotus of the True Law — the foundational Mahāyāna scripture of universal salvation, the teaching that all beings will attain Buddhahood, in H. Kern's 1884 translation.Tathagatagarbha SutraThe Buddha reveals, through nine similes, that all sentient beings possess the tathāgatagarbha — the embryo of awakening — hidden within them like gold in filth or a king in a lowly womb. Translated from the Chinese of Buddhabhadra (佛陀跋陀羅, 420 CE). Taishō Tripiṭaka Vol. 16, No. 666.