The Buddha, the greatest teacher who ever lived
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The Supreme Buddha eradicated the desires of; seeing forms, hearing sounds, smelling sounds, tasting flavours, touching tangibles, and cognizing thoughts.
The Buddha, the Supreme One, The Perfect One, The Radiant Sun. The light that brightened the darkened world! The guiding star that showed the path to be free from all suffering! The one who preached the TRUTH with great compassion to all living beings.
Lord Buddha
Is He a god? Is He “The God”? Or is He a human being like you and me?
One day a Brahman approached the Supreme Buddha and asked: Venerable Sir, are you a god, are you a Brahma, or are you a human?”
Then, the Blessed One answered: “Oh Brahma, I am like a lotus that emerged from the mud.” The Supreme Buddha has gone beyond all three worlds: Gods, Humans and Brahmas.
Why Supreme Buddha is known as the greatest teacher ever lived. Why we should consider the Supreme Buddha as our teacher?
In the words of one of his noble disciples, a great Arahant:
Arahant Senaka (A Monk who eradicated all defilements and escaped from the cycle of birth and death) said:
“He (Supreme Buddha) is filled with Supreme wisdom. He’s a true teacher for his noble disciples. He’s superior to all three worlds. He is the true leader to all three worlds. He’s the shower of the truth to both Devas and humans. It is so rare to even see such a sight”.
“He’s like a powerful elephant. He encompasses such great effort. He encompasses such dignity. He is devoid of all defilements. Not a single impurity lies within him. I was able to see my great teacher, who is devoid of all fear”
Why Supreme Buddha is admired by the wise? What are the great qualities of Supreme Buddha?
Supreme Buddha is An Arahant: Fully accomplished one
The Supreme Buddha eradicated all defiled conditions of the mind, which include: passion, lust, hatred, ill will, and delusion.
The Supreme Buddha eradicated the desires of; seeing forms, hearing sounds, smelling sounds, tasting flavours, touching tangibles, and cognizing thoughts.
The Supreme Buddha guarded sense faculties, controlled sense faculties, tamed sense faculties, and restrained sense faculties.
Our great teacher completely destroyed all taints and was fully purified in body, speech and mind.
Samma Sammbuddha: Fully Enlightened One
The Supreme Buddha perfectly understood the Four Nobel Truths (the realities of life) by oneself, without a teacher and without anyone’s help.
The Supreme Buddha, alone, eradicated the origin of suffering, attained the cessation of suffering, developed the path leading to the cessation of suffering, realized the four noble truths without anyone’s help.
Vijjacaranasammpanna: Perfect in true knowledge and Conduct
The Supreme Buddha is perfect in true knowledge and conduct.
What is True knowledge? The important knowledge that our great teacher acquired:
* The knowledge of seeing past lives of all beings
* The knowledge knowing the birth and passing away of all beings
* The knowledge that one has destroyed all defilements of the mind
* Supreme Buddha had supernatural powers and psychic powers
* Supreme Buddha possessed a divine ear and divine eye and the ability to read others’ minds
With excellent virtue, excellent concentration, excellent wisdom and excellent liberation the Gautama Supreme Buddha lived in accordance with the knowledge He possessed. He is the one and only teacher in the world who has this quality.
Sugatha: Sublime
Supreme Buddha followed the correct path: the Noble Eight Fold Path, and attained the Supreme Bliss of Nirvana. (Ultimate liberation)
Lokavidu: Knower of All World
“Knower of the world”, the Supreme Buddha understood the origins of all worlds, the cessation of all worlds and liberation from all worlds (Heavenly world, Human world, Animal world, Ghost world and hell world).
Anuttaro Purisadhammasarathi: Incomparable Leader of Persons to be Tamed
“Buddha is the incomparable Teacher of people to be tamed”
Our great teacher tamed beings to be tamed with limitless compassion, without the use of weapons, and cultivated Virtue, Concentration and Wisdom.
Satta Deva Manussanam: Teacher of Gods and Humans
The supreme Buddha is the only Teacher of all gods and humans.
Buddha: Fully Enlightened Teacher
After realizing the Four Noble Truths without anyone’s help, the Supreme Buddha proclaimed the Dhamma to others.
“Buddha” means: the one who teaches without holding anything back; with great compassion and with great loving kindness, so that others may also understand the Four Noble Truths and escape from all suffering.
Bhagava: The Blessed One
Our Great teacher, is the one and only teacher who is blessed enough to hold these qualities.
Supreme Buddha has gone above and beyond all intellectuals and scientists, all philosophers that ever lived, all rulers of the world and all types of gods.
It is proven that His teachings have surpassed all types of Science. No teacher has yet declared himself to be a Perfect One, a Worthy One, and a fully Enlightened One; but the Gautama Supreme Buddha has!
Many were fortunate enough to find the eternal liberation and escape from all sorrow and lamentation. They were able to find the place of ultimate tranquillity by becoming the followers of the Supreme Buddha.
Why do you need to procrastinate to take refuge in this Great Teacher?
May you always be well and happy!
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Buddha is supreme in so many ways, he was and remains the SUPREME teacher who guides us through our pain and suffering. Thank you Buddha for your compassion.
The Buddha meaning the awakened one… why do we say He is an awakened one, an ENlightened being? Because he has understood the nature of samsara’s deceptions, the mind’s delusions which is like a dream state, thus the truth has awakened him. But what I find so amazing about him is that he is a human being who taught us a path in which we can all walk on and do it ourselves. We control our own destiny through controlling our minds. we are not at the mercy of a “God” someone else, but rather our so called “fate” which is in our hands. This allows us to realise that we truly can control our body, speech and mind if we just practice. And what is wonderful is that Buddha did not just teach us the way to do it, he showed us that it can be done. He empowers us to believe in ourselves and presents truth in reality. He is the greatest psychologist, doctor and philosopher of our time, someone who has seized all sufferings and has overcome rebirth… and ultimately showing us our potential to be Buddhas too. That is why Buddhism is so popular i today’s intellectual modern society where by faith alone is no longer as valid as before.
These are cool epithets for the Buddha and they are frequently used in scriptures and commentaries to denote the historical Buddha. Each refer to one of the supreme qualities of the Buddha. I think one can come out with many, many supreme qualities of the Buddha but none as beautifully descriptive as Tathagata, Sugata and Buddha. The idea of a Buddha’s mind as something akin to a lotus brings to mind what they say about the qualities of the Buddha’s compassion rising above the mud of Samsara. I like the description very much. Perhaps one day, we can all use these to call one another because we have all achieved the same state as the Buddha.