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'''Buddha''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." [[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows: | '''Buddha''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." [[H. P. Blavatsky]] defined it as follows: | ||
<blockquote>Buddha (Sk.). Lit., “The Enlightened”. The highest degree of knowledge. To become a Buddha one has to break through the bondage of sense and personality; to acquire a complete perception of the REAL SELF and learn not to separate it from all otherselves; to learn by experience the utter unreality of all phenomena of the visible Kosmos foremost of all; to reach a complete detachment from all that is evanescent and finite, and live while yet on Earth in the immortal and the everlasting alone, in a supreme state of holiness.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 64-65.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Buddha (Sk.). Lit., “The Enlightened”. The highest degree of knowledge. To become a Buddha one has to break through the bondage of sense and personality; to acquire a complete perception of the REAL SELF and learn not to separate it from all otherselves; to learn by experience the utter unreality of all phenomena of the visible Kosmos foremost of all; to reach a complete detachment from all that is evanescent and finite, and live while yet on Earth in the immortal and the everlasting alone, in a supreme state of holiness.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 64-65.</ref></blockquote> | ||
In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] view a Buddha appears regularly with each [[Root-Race]]: | In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] view a Buddha appears regularly with each [[Root-Race]]: | ||
<blockquote>Esoteric philosophy teaches us that every Root-race has its chief Buddha or Reformer, who appears also in the seven sub-races as a Bodhisattva (q.v.). Gautama Sakyamuni was the fourth, and also the fifth Buddha: the fifth, because we are the fifth root-race; the fourth, as the chief Buddha in this fourth Round.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 56.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Esoteric philosophy teaches us that every Root-race has its chief Buddha or Reformer, who appears also in the seven sub-races as a Bodhisattva (q.v.). Gautama Sakyamuni was the fourth, and also the fifth Buddha: the fifth, because we are the fifth root-race; the fourth, as the chief Buddha in this fourth Round.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 56.</ref></blockquote> | ||
The current Buddha, Siddhârta Gautama, is said to be the fourth Buddha to appear on Earth in this [[Round]], corresponding to the fifth [[Root-Race]] (the beginning of first Root-Race having a [[Planetary Spirit]] incarnated instead of a Buddha). | The current Buddha, Siddhârta Gautama, is said to be the fourth Buddha to appear on Earth in this [[Round]], corresponding to the fifth [[Root-Race]] (the beginning of first Root-Race having a [[Planetary Spirit]] incarnated instead of a Buddha). | ||
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Buddha is a Sanskrit word that means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." H. P. Blavatsky defined it as follows:
Buddha (Sk.). Lit., “The Enlightened”. The highest degree of knowledge. To become a Buddha one has to break through the bondage of sense and personality; to acquire a complete perception of the REAL SELF and learn not to separate it from all otherselves; to learn by experience the utter unreality of all phenomena of the visible Kosmos foremost of all; to reach a complete detachment from all that is evanescent and finite, and live while yet on Earth in the immortal and the everlasting alone, in a supreme state of holiness.[1]
In the Theosophical view a Buddha appears regularly with each Root-Race:
Esoteric philosophy teaches us that every Root-race has its chief Buddha or Reformer, who appears also in the seven sub-races as a Bodhisattva (q.v.). Gautama Sakyamuni was the fourth, and also the fifth Buddha: the fifth, because we are the fifth root-race; the fourth, as the chief Buddha in this fourth Round.[2]
The current Buddha, Siddhârta Gautama, is said to be the fourth Buddha to appear on Earth in this Round, corresponding to the fifth Root-Race (the beginning of first Root-Race having a Planetary Spirit incarnated instead of a Buddha).