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
Famous quotes containing the words eternal and/or buddha:
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never Is, but always To be blest:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“The vast silence of Buddha overtakes
and overrules the oncoming roar
of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues;
it blocks the way of pedicabs, police, convoys.”
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