Eternal Realization - Kuonjitsujo

Japanese: 久遠実成 - くおんじつじょう

The Lotus Sutra teaches that the Shakyamuni who attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in history was a temporary figure, and that the true Shakyamuni was the one who actually attained enlightenment and attained Buddhahood a long, long time ago and has continued to teach people ever since. Also called the Eternal Original Buddha or the Beginningless Ancient Buddha, it is one of the important doctrines of the Tendai and Nichiren sects. In Pure Land Buddhism, Amida Buddha who attained Buddhahood ten kalpas ago is called the Eternal True Amida Buddha.

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Japanese:

歴史上のブッダガヤーで悟った釈迦は仮の姿で，久しく遠い過去に実際に悟りを開き成仏し，以来人びとを教化し続けたのが真実の釈迦であるという法華経の説。久遠本仏，無始古仏とも称し，天台宗・日蓮宗の重要教義の一つ。浄土教では十劫(じっこう)の昔に成仏した阿弥陀仏を久遠実成の阿弥陀仏という。

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