LotsaKwestions•26m ago
It's a good thing that some beings take on the path to become a sammasambuddha, though, as otherwise we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this.
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I have my doubts about that. I suspect reality is more like, "last qualified pati eka buddha candidate, turn out the lights when you leave the building."
That is, a pati eka buddha (paccekka), or someone who discovers four noble truths and dependent origination on their own, without the help of learning from a recent Buddha,
are fully qualified to teach, but most are born in time and place with an unqualified audience, so only have few students, a few score, a few hundred, but Dhamma doesn't catch on as popular religion.
Whereas a samma sambuddha is the same makeup and quality as a pati eka buddha, but just happens to be born in a time and place where the audience is ripe and ready to take on the Dhamma whole heartedly.
Just my opinion.
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