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Kang-nam Oh traces the origin of dharmadhatu to the Avatamsaka Sutra.It has been further developed by the Hua-yen school: . This idea of dharmadhatu-pratītyasamutpāda which was originally found in the Avataṁsaka-sūtra or Hua-yen ching, [note 1] was fully developed by the Hua-yen school into a systematic doctrine palatable to the Chinese intellectual taste.
The Four Dharmadhatu were outlined in Dushun's treatise, the title of which has been rendered into English as 'On the Meditation of Dharmadhātu'.
Dharma (/ ˈ d ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, pronounced ⓘ) is a key concept in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. [7] The term dharma is held as an untranslatable into English (or other European languages); it is understood to refer to behaviours which are in harmony with the "order and custom" that sustains life; "virtue", righteousness or "religious ...
The Dhatukatha (Pali: dhātukathā; Vietnamese: Bộ Chất Ngữ) is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, where it is included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka.
Stone statue of Buddha from Sultanganj in Bihar with ye dharma hetu inscribed on the lotus base (magnify to see), 500-700 AD. The Pratītyasamutpāda-gāthā, also referred to as the Pratītyasamutpāda-dhāraṇī (dependent origination incantation) or ye dharmā hetu, is a verse and a dhāraṇī widely used by Buddhists in ancient times which was held to have the function of a mantra or ...
The class of texts called "Tathāgatagarbha sūtras" teach the important Mahāyāna doctrine of Tathāgatagarbha, (Tathāgata-embryo, Tathāgata-womb, Inner Tathāgata, also known as Sugatagarbha) and Buddha-dhatu (Buddha nature, Buddha source, Buddha element). According to Williams, this doctrine states that all beings "have a Tathāgata [i.e ...
Buddha relics from Kanishka the Great's stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan, now in Mandalay, Burma.Teresa Merrigan, 2005. Śarīra is a generic term referring to Buddhist relics, although in common usage it usually refers to pearl or crystal-like bead-shaped objects that are found among the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters.
[64] [65] According to Jose Cabezon, in the tantric traditions, mantra (sngags) is all knowledge and the mind of all the Buddhas, that which possesses the dharma-dhatu (essence of dhamma). [66] The mantra exist in three forms – guhya (secret), vidya (knowledge) dharani (memory aid).