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'''Nine examples which illustrate how [[buddha nature]] is present in all [[sentient beings|beings]]''', from the ''[[Uttaratantra Shastra]]'':

# a [[buddha]] in the shroud of a decaying lotus
# pure honey amid a big swarm of bees
# grain contained within its husk
# a piece of gold in the midst of filth
# a precious treasure in the ground under a poor man’s house
# the shoot of a mango tree growing from a tiny fruit
# a statue of the Buddha made of precious gems inside a tattered rag
# a [[universal monarch]] in the womb of a woman of miserable appearance
# a golden image present inside a clay mould

Sometimes called the nine similes of buddha nature.

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