Unlike the Heart Sutra or Diamond Sutra , which focus on emptiness (śūnyatā), the Lankavatara focuses on the as the source of all phenomena. It introduces the concept of Tathagatagarbha (Buddha-nature) as the fundamental, luminous, and undefiled consciousness within all beings. When Bodhidharma arrived in China, he carried only this sutra, believing it matched the direct, mind-to-mind transmission of Chan.
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