如にょ来らい蔵ぞう

noun

tathagatagarbha; buddha-womb; buddha-nature potential

Buddhist term for the innate potential within all sentient beings to attain buddhahood. Used in Mahayana texts.

• 如にょ来らい蔵ぞうの思し想そうは、すべての生いき物ものに仏ほとけとなる可か能のう性せいがあると説とく。

  The concept of tathagatagarbha teaches that all living beings have the potential to become a buddha.