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    Challenges→For Pure Land teaching to be authentically grasped, the Buddhas must actively work to bridge the gap between dharma and beings' ignorance

    Śāntideva and the Yogācāra tradition hold that buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) is already immanent within all sentient beings.

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    • 1.Śāntideva's bodhisattva ethics presupposes all beings can achieve Buddhahood, which requires latent Buddha-nature to be universally present.
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    • 2.Yogācāra idealism treats consciousness as fundamental; Buddha-nature as immanent mind-essence follows logically from this ontology.
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    • 3.Tathāgatagarbha doctrine explains why ordinary beings possess Buddha-potential despite current delusion—the seed is intrinsic, not external.
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    • 1.Early Buddhist texts reject permanent essences (ātman); Buddha-nature as intrinsic immanent essence contradicts foundational anātman doctrine.
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    • 2.If Buddha-nature is already immanent, liberation becomes inevitable manifestation, not contingent ethical achievement requiring cultivation.
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    • 3.Tathāgatagarbha appears in later Mahāyāna texts with unclear lineage; its attribution to early Yogācāra misrepresents historical development.
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