The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1445 page)

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tras containing the developed teaching of the Buddha (according to
up
ya-kau
alya
, his early teaching was adapted to the simple-minded); the recognition of the buddha-nature (
Tath
gata-garbha
,
buddhat
) in all things.
Mah
y
na
raddhotp
da-
astra
(Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mah
y
na)
.
A Mah
y
na Buddhist text, attributed to
A
vagho
a
, though it comes in fact from
c.
4th/5th cent. CE. It is a
s
tra
which was also of importance in
Zen
.

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