五种藏

The five 'stores', or the five differentiations of the one Buddha-nature;

(1) 如來藏 the Tathāgata-nature, which is the fundamental universal nature possessed by all the living:

(2) 正法藏 the source or treasury of all right laws and virtues:

(3) 法身藏 the storehouse of the (sa) dharmakāya obtained by all saints:

(4) 出世藏 the eternal spiritual nature, free from earthly errors;

(5) 自性淸淨藏 the storehouse of the pure Buddha-nature. Another similar group is 如來藏, 法界藏, 法身藏, 出世間上上藏, and 自性淸淨藏.