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    It is not the case that For Pure Land teaching to be authentically grasped, the Buddhas must actively work to bridge the gap between dharma and beings' ignorance

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    • 1.Śāntideva and the Yogācāra tradition hold that buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) is already immanent within all sentient beings.
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    • 2.If awakening potential is intrinsic to beings, no external bridging act by Buddhas is logically necessary for dharma comprehension.
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    • 3.The claim conflates soteriological difficulty with metaphysical impossibility, treating practical obstacles as constitutive barriers.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō argues that practice and enlightenment are non-dual, meaning beings' engagement with dharma is itself the Buddha's activity.
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    • 2.If practice already embodies awakening, positing a separate bridging intervention by Buddhas introduces a false ontological gap into Buddhist soteriology.
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    • 1.There is a breach between ordinary human awareness and enlightened wisdom-compassion
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    • 2.Human understanding is distorted by self-attachment and ignorance
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    • 3.Beings cannot on their own apprehend the Buddha's vow
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