The idea of an eternal Buddha is a notion popularly associated with the Mahayana scripture, the Lotus Sutra, and is also found in other Mahayana sutras.
Read more about Eternal Buddha: The Eternal Buddha in The Lotus Sutra and Other Mahayana Sutras, The Eternal Buddha in Shin Buddhism, Eternal Buddha in Nichiren Buddhism, Sources
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“The only thing that seems eternal and natural in motherhood is ambivalence.”
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“Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.”
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