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|TableOfContents=**{{i|ACKNOWLEDGMENTS|XI}}
**{{i|ABBREVIATIONS|VIII}}
**{{i|CONVENTIONS|XVII}}

*{{i|1 Introduction|1}}
**{{i|1.1 Self and Not-Self in Early Buddhism|1}}
**{{i|1.2 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Literature in Overview|11}}
**{{i|1.3 Essences, Natures, Wombs, and Chambers|14}}
**{{i|1.4 Buddhist ''Ātmavāda:'' Preliminary Thoughts|21}}

'''Part I: Buddha-Nature, the Self'''<br>

*{{i|2 The ''Mahāparinirvāṇamahāsūtra'' and the Buddhist Self|29}}
**{{i|2.1 The Text|29}}
**{{i|2.2 The Buddha as Self|33}}
**{{i|2.3 Buddha-nature and the Self|40}}
**{{i|2.4 Contentions and Clarifications|47}}
**{{i|2.5 The True Self and False Notions of It|55}}
**{{i|2.6 Self and Absence of Self|59}}
**{{i|2.7 Buddha-nature in Dharmakṣema's MPNMSD+ |62}}
**{{i|2.8 Conclusions|67}}

*{{i|3 The ''Aṅgulimālīyasūtra'' and the Essential Self|70}}
**{{i|3.1 The Text|70}}
**{{i|3.2 An "Essence" of One's Own|74}}
**{{i|3.3 What Buddha-nature Is Not: More False Notions of the Self|77}}
**{{i|3.4 Perceiving Buddha-nature|79}}
**{{i|3.5 Essence, Action, and the Self|83}}
**{{i|3.6 A "Single Essence"|87}}
**{{i|3. 7 Buddhism contra Other Systems|91}}
**{{i|3.8 Conclusions|95}}

*{{i|4 The ''Mahābherīhārakasūtra'' and Liberation of the Self|97}}
**{{i|4.1 The Text|97}}
**{{i|4.2 Continuity of the Self|100}}
**{{i|4.3 The Sovereign Self|104}}
**{{i|4.4 Buddha-nature and Buddhist Practice|107}}
**{{i|4.5 Self, Not-Self, and Emptiness|109}}
**{{i|4.6 Conclusions|114}}

'''Part II: Buddha-nature, Not Self'''

*{{i|5 The ''Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra'' and the Perfection of Self|119}}
**{{i|5.1 The Text|119}}
**{{i|5.2 Reimagining ''Tathāgatagarbha''|122}}
**{{i|5.3 The ''Dharmakāya'' and Its Qualities|129}}
**{{i|5.4 On "Singularity"|132}}
**{{i|5.5 Conclusions|136}}

*{{i|6 Other ''Tathāgatagarbha'' Sources|139}}
**{{i|6.1 The ''Anūnatvāpūrṇatvānirdeśaparivarta''|139}}
**{{i|6.2 The ''Tathāgatagarbhasūtra''|143}}
**{{i|6.3 The ''Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra''|148}}

*{{i|7 The ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' and the Self That Is No Self|154}}
**{{i|7.1 The Text|154}}
**{{i|7.2 Buddha-nature and the "Basic" RGV|158}}
**{{i|7.3 "Perfection of Self' in the RGVV|167}}
**{{i|7.4 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' as, Once Again, the Self|175}}
**{{i|7.5 Conclusions|178}}

*{{i|8 The ''Laṅkāvatārasūtra'' and Rejecting the Buddhist Self|181}}
**{{i|8.1 The Text|181}}
**{{i|8.2 ''Tathāgatagarbha'' and Absence of Self|183}}
**{{i|8.3 The ''"Ālayavijñāna-Tathāgatagarbha"''|188}}
**{{i|8.4 Selfhood in the ''Sagāthaka''|191}}
**{{i|8.5 Conclusions|194}}
**{{i|8.6 Postscript: After the LAS|195}}

'''Part III: Buddha-nature Reconsidered'''<br>

*{{i|9 Recurring Themes and Motifs|203}}
**{{i|9.1 The Single Vehicle|203}}
**{{i|9.2 "Cryptic" Utterances|210}}
**{{i|9.3 The Intrinsically Pure Mind|214}}
**{{i|9.4 "Sarvalokapriyadarśana"|217}}
**{{i|9.5 Emptiness and Nonemptiness|218}}
**{{i|9.6 Non-Buddhists and Their Teachings|223}}

*{{i|10 Evolution of the Buddhist Self|229}}
**{{i|10.1 The Course of Buddha-nature Teaching|229}}
**{{i|10.2 Origins of the Buddha-nature Idea|237}}
**{{i|10.3 Liberation and the Self|245}}
**{{i|10.4 Buddhist Selfhood and the Mahāyāna|253}}
**{{i|10.5 Closing Thoughts|261}}

**{{i|REFERENCES|265}}
**{{i|INDEX|287}}
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