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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, United States

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The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, which was translated into Chinese in 520, is about a critique of two types of wrong views regarding the realm of sentient beings, namely, the view of increase in two aspects and the view of decrease in three aspects. This paper examines the notions in an equation noted in the sūtra and investigates the interrelation between the notions. It argues that the sūtra’s doctrine about the unchangingness of sentient beings is based on the equivalence of the supreme truth, the realm of sentient beings, the Buddha-nature, the dharma-body, and the single realm. The highest idea in the sūtra is neither abiding in nirvana nor in saṃsāra.

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Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta, tathagatagarbha, unchangingness, realm of sentient beings

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