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Who remembers the Buddha?

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Buddha is eternal. His knowledge is eternal. His experience is eternal. His fruits of actions are eternal. And we know that past Knowledge , past experience ,past actions are remembered by Self. So my question is who remembers the past existences of Buddha ? Is it the Self? If it is the Self then that Self must also be immortal because Buddha is immortal. EDIT: This was naive attempt to ask a genuinely logical question "Who remembers the Buddha?" I guess I have found an answer in the Manual of Buddhism by Spence Hardy. It is the Brahma who remembers the Buddha. I quote from p.88: > The beings who will in due course become Budhas are called Bodhisat. > They are numberless ; but the name, in common usage, is almost > exclusively confined to those who have become avowed candidates for > the high office. When many ages have elapsed without the appearance of > a Budha, there arc no beings to supply the continued diminution of the > numbers in the brahma-lokas. **This excites the attention of some** > **compassionate brahma, who, when he has discovered the cause and the** > **remedy, looks, out to see in what world the Bodhisat exists who will** > **next become an aspirant for the Budhaship** ; and when he has discovered > the Bodhisat in question, he inspires him with the resolution that > enables him to form the wish to become the teacher of the three > worlds, that he may release sentient beings from the evils of > existence. The ages that succeed this period are divided into three > eras; in each of which we have legends of Gotama. > 1. The era of resolution (1). 2. The era of expres-, sion (2). 3. The era of nomination (3).
Asked by Dheeraj Verma (4296 rep)
Aug 1, 2017, 11:48 PM
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