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    Challenges→The Dharmadhātu (Realm of Reality) is neither wholesome nor unwholesome.

    Denying wholesomeness to the Dharmadhātu undermines the doctrinal coherence of buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) traditions, which treat the ground of reality as intrinsically virtuous.

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    Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha)(Buddhist philosophy and doctrine)
    The Buddhist idea that all beings have an inherent, hidden Buddha-nature within them—a potential or seed to become enlightened, like having the capacity for perfection built into your existence.
    Dharmadhātu(Contrasted with the conditioned realm of karma; literally 'inconsequential' in that it has no consequences.)
    The Realm of Reality; the unconditioned, actionless ultimate reality that produces no causal results.
    Doctrinal coherence(as used in law and philosophy)
    The quality of a set of rules or principles fitting together logically without contradicting each other.
    Ground of reality(metaphysics and ontology)
    The fundamental basis or foundation underlying everything that exists; what philosophers think reality is ultimately made of or built upon.

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    Intrinsically virtuous(ethics and metaphysics)
    Virtuous or good by its very nature, from the inside out, rather than appearing good for external reasons; inherently moral or wholesome.
    Tathāgatagarbha(Seen as potentially contradictory to the five lineages doctrine; Wŏnchŭk assigned it to the level of principle)
    A theory widely understood to entail that the Buddha-nature is universally innate in all sentient beings
    wholesomeness(Consequentialist definition: wholesomeness depends entirely on the causal results of an action.)
    A quality of an action determined by the happiness or pain that the action causes.

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