Motif
Deferred attainment under a future Buddha
deferred_attainment_under_a_future_buddha
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 3549-3662 confidence: high
Sumedha rejoices; the multitudes call him an embryo Buddha and compare future attainment under him to crossing a river at a lower ford; Dīpankara, Arhats, angels, and men make offerings or salutations and depart.
The multitudes say that if they fail to attain under Dīpankara, they hope to stand before Sumedha when he becomes Buddha, using the image of crossing a river at a lower ford.
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