Key Terms/Uttaratantra
From Bodhicitta
उत्तरतन्त्र Uttaratantra
Ultimate Continuum
རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་
rgyud bla ma
寶性論
bǎo xìng lùn
Sanskrit - Text
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra.
2·Explore
Has the sense of
There is extensive discussion of the title in multiple academic sources. For further information about the text and its title, please see the entry for this text, Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. And for a short essay on the translation of this term, see "Continuum vs. Teachings."
In other languages
Tibetan
རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་
rgyud bla ma
Sanskrit
उत्तरतन्त्र
Uttaratantra
Chinese
寶性論
bǎo xìng lùn
How translators render it
Ultimate ContinuumBuddha-nature Standard
Term type
Text
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
Uttaratantra
