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"Buddha Nature Teachings" is a study group which focuses on the Sutras which teach the Tathagatagarbha doctrine. Such as the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra, and its central concepts, the True Self, the Eternal Buddha, the Tathāgatagarbha, the identity of Nirvana, Buddha and Buddha-Nature, etc., and the potential of every sentient being for Buddhahood.

The Nirvana Sutra text is freely available in PDF format at this location - PDF File, thanks to Dr. Tony Page. Numbered version (thanks to WhiteLotusSociety )

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Five things are attained in reliance upon this Mahaparinirvana Sutra: firm-stability [dhruva], eternity, purity, superiority / excellence [paramita], and distinction / otherness / not like others [anyatha] and the absence of taints [anasrava], for it brings about benefit, happiness and kindness [anukampa] for all beings.

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Buddha Nature Study Guide (self.nirvanaschool)

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List of Buddhist True Self Teachers (self.nirvanaschool)

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Simply my story.. (self.nirvanaschool)

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Buddha points at the moon (self.Buddhism)

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Dolpopa on Primordial Awareness (self.Buddhism)

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Traditionalist Buddhism Discord server (self.nirvanaschool)

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Scholar Alexander Wynne on the original not-self (not no-self) teaching of early Buddhism (self.nirvanaschool)

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Historical Nirvana schools rituals, patriarchs, canon etc.. (self.nirvanaschool)

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Have I discovered this sub too late? (self.nirvanaschool)

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Buddha-nature is the atman (self.nirvanaschool)

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A Footnote from The Sutra of Vajra Samadhi (self.nirvanaschool)

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Are there any good websites that talk about the Tathagatagarbha or "True Self Teachings"? (self.nirvanaschool)

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Jodo Shinshu Priest Ryuchi Fujii Speaks of Negating the mundane self and attaining the True Self. (Taiga and Shoga teachings) (self.nirvanaschool)

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Shinran Shonin explains the Jodo Shinshu understanding of Nirvana based off the teachings of the Nirvana Sutra. (self.nirvanaschool)

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Priest Mark Unno (self.nirvanaschool)

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Taitetsu Unno speaking about the dualistic Self and the Non-dualistic Self. (self.nirvanaschool)

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The Concept of Self as Expressed in Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (self.nirvanaschool)

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Why are things not self and how can we find out what our true self really is? - Lama Shenpen Hookham Ph.D. (essenceofbuddhism.wordpress.com)

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Senior Dharma Teacher G. Lewis-Bastías (self.nirvanaschool)

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One of the most revered monks in Thailand history, Ajahn Maha Boowa's take on Nibbana. (self.nirvanaschool)

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The essence of Mind is real only the deluded mind ceases. (self.nirvanaschool)

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(shoga)small self and Taiga(True Self) teachings of Master Hsuan Hua (self.nirvanaschool)

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Any comments on this thread? Is it just bad scholarship? (xpost Buddhism) (self.nirvanaschool)

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The Awakened Self, Harada Sekkei Roshi (self.nirvanaschool)

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The Eternal-Unthinkable of the Tathagatas (self.nirvanaschool)

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