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C.V. Jones’s The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman is one of those rare academic books that actually changes the way the field frames a question. In this case, the “question” is very close to our own home turf: what, if anything, in Buddhism can be spoken of as “Self” – especially in the Buddha-nature / tathāgatagarbha literature that so often resonates with language of the Unborn? Below is an extended review, followed by a focused evaluation: does this actually merit time and attention from an Unborn Mind Zen perspective? read more