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Podcast: Bright On Buddhism
Episode: What is Buddhahood?
Description: Bright on Buddhism Episode 7 - Who can become a Buddha? What does somebody have to do to become a Buddha or realize their Buddhahood? What is the difference between becoming enlightened, becoming a Bodhisattva, and reaching nirvana?
Resources - Mario DāAmato: Can all Beings Potentially Attain Awakening? Gotra-theory in the MahÄyÄnasÅ«trÄlaį¹kÄra; Stone, Jacqueline (1995): "Medieval Tendai Hongaku Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism", Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 22 (1ā2); Dogen: Shobogenzo; Gethin, Rupert (1998): Ā Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967): Awakening of Faith Attributed to AÅvaghoį¹£a, New York: Columbia...