This odd word, translating the Sanskrit 'tathata' is used in Mahayana Buddhism to suggest how things look to a Buddha, to one who has experienced enlightenment or liberation and is, therefore, called a Tathagata - one who comes (and goes) thus. Just like that! The sense of this nonsense in Buddhist philosophy, and its practical demonstration in Zen.
What is the particular quality of Zen awareness? The status of Zen in contemporary Japan.
The relation of consciousness to the objective world as understood in the Yogachara School of Asanga and Vasubandhu.
The doctrine of the mutual interpretation of all things and events, according to the Avatamsaka Sutra and its interpretation by the Kegon and Zen Schools.
