I guess it depends on your school of Buddhism and I think your statement is more in line with Theravada. In Vajrayana formulations, though, the goal is Buddhaho

I guess it depends on your school of Buddhism and I think your statement is more in line with Theravada. In Vajrayana formulations, though, the goal is Buddhahood in a single lifetime and there are countless Buddhas that are used in practice. For example, in Aityoga [1] you'll often do visualization practice as, say, Tara [2] or Medicine Buddha [3]. Of course, all of it is ultimately considered illusion, as Niguma articulated so well in her dohas [4], but it's all useful for practice. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_(Buddhism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_(Buddhism) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niguma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niguma