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Chapter 1

THE BIRTH
OF BUDDHAS
(Acts 1, 2, and 3 of
the Buddha)

Introduction

Where do Buddhas come from? How many Buddhas are
there at any one time?

Whenever we ask a question like this, of the form "What is the
Buddhist view of X?" we need to picture a medicine or tool chest
model of Buddhism and realize that the question is only mean-
ingful when rephrased as "What is the view of X for Buddhist B
at time T and place P?" In this book, I concentrate as far as
possible on what links the various forms of Buddhism together,
but I cannot ignore the differences entirely and still pretend that
I am speaking of Buddhism as it actually exists.

In regard to the question of the origin of Buddhas in particu-
lar, different, and apparently contradictory, answers are given
by different Buddhist lineages. The two chief lineages are

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Vision of Buddhism: The Space under the Tree. Contributors: Roger J. Corless - author. Publisher: Paragon House. Place of Publication: St. Paul, MN. Publication Year: 1989. Page Number: 31.
    
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