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When Siddhartha becomes Buddha under the tree, he is in the state of bliss, nirvana and he has absolutely no need to go back, go back to the human world. But it
by rhuru 3y ago
When Siddhartha becomes Buddha under the tree, he is in the state of bliss, nirvana and he has absolutely no need to go back, go back to the human world. But it was Brahma and Indra who request him to do so as per Buddha's own account.
- fuzztester 3y agoInteresting. I had read something a bit different, or maybe there is some overlap: After nirvana, he felt compassion for all the countless beings who were not there yet, so he resolved to stay until everyone got it. And that is supposed to be the difference between an arhat and a bodhisattva. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva
- rhuru 3y agoI learned about when I came across this art. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142512/buddha-worshipped-by-the-gods-indra-and-brahma https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142512/buddha-worshipped-by-t...