[Buddha-l] Re: G-d, the D-vil and other imaginary friends

[J Tatelman]

I had thought that the only Mahayana sutra to mention icchantikas was 
the Lankavatara. (And that's without any textcritical work to suggest 
whether or not this doctrine might have been a later addition--not that 
that would be ultimately significant.)

Are there others?

Cheers,

Joel Tatelman.


On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Richard P. Hayes wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 14:39 -0500, Dharma Grandmother wrote:
>
>> With deep respect, my understanding is that in Mahayana Buddhism 
>> (which
>> is only "yana" that teaches BN), "all" sentient beings have Buddha
>> Nature so the question would seem to have no basis.  ??
>
> Mahayana is not a monolithic doctrine. It is a hodgepodge of doctrines
> from a great variety of texts. The texts that talked abut icchantikas
> deny that all sentient beings have buddha nature, and the texts that 
> say
> that all sentient beings have buddha nature deny that there are
> icchantikas. In Mahayana, you pays your money an takes your choice.
>
> -- 
> Richard Hayes
> Department of Philosophy
> University of New Mexico
>
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