五种藏

(五種藏, 五种藏)

The five 'stores', or the five differentiations of the one Buddha-nature;

(1) [lang id =1028]如來藏 the Tathāgata-nature, which is the fundamental universal nature possessed by all the living:

(2) [lang id =1028]正法藏 the source or treasury of all right laws and virtues:

(3) [lang id =1028]法身藏 the storehouse of the (sa) dharmakāya obtained by all saints:

(4) [lang id =1028]出世藏 the eternal spiritual nature, free from earthly errors;

(5) [lang id =1028]自性清淨藏 the storehouse of the pure Buddha-nature. Another similar group is [lang id =1028]如來藏, [lang id =1028]法界藏, [lang id =1028]法身藏, [lang id =1028]出世間上上藏, and [lang id =1028]自性清淨藏.