佛性

(sa) buddhatā. The Buddha-nature, i.e. gnosis, enlightenment; potential (sa) bodhi remains in every (sa) gati, i.e. all have the capacity for enlightenment; for the Buddha-nature remains in all as wheat-nature remains in all wheat. This nature takes two forms: [lang id =1028]理 noumenal, in the absolute sense, unproduced and immortal, and [lang id =1028]行 phenomenal, in action. While every one possesses the Buddha-nature, it requires to be cultivated in order to produce its ripe fruit.

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佛性者， 覺性也。 即諸佛所證真覺湛明之性， 無染無淨， 離過絕非， 以其無滅無生， 不遷不變， 是為常住果。

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佛者覺悟之義， 性者不改之義， 佛性即是一切眾生永不變異的覺悟之性。 涅槃經說： 「一切眾生悉有佛性， 如來常住無有變異。」