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The life of the Buddha Introduction In this Eon of the world, there will appear One Thousand Buddhas (enlightened beings) who will each successively attain complete and perfect enlightenment in Bodh Gaya (the holy city in India), and then each Buddha will teach the dharma to benefit others. Each time a Buddha appears in the world, the dharma is taught anew, for the teachings of the preceding Buddha have completely dwindled and disappeared. For countless eons, a great bodhisattva (a bodhisattva is a being who is striving to become a Buddha to benefit all) strived and perfected his mind towards the goal of attaining Buddhahood. This great bodhisattva was none other than the Buddha -to-be, Shakyamuni, who was born as the Prince Siddhartha in India.
The Life of the Buddha Introduction In this Eon of the world, there will appear One Thousand Buddhas (enlightened beings) who will each successively attain complete and perfect enlightenment in Bodh Gaya (the holy city in
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