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Buddha nature

(skt.: tathagatagarbha; tib.: de shin shek pe nying po) The clear light nature of mind possessed by all sentient beings, which is the potential for all sentient beings to become enlightened by removing the two obscurations: the obscuration to liberation and the obscuration to omniscience.

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"Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, examine my words carefully and do not accept them simply out of respect."
- Buddha

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