What is Buddhahood?

Bright on Buddhism Episode 7 - Who can become a Buddha? What does somebody have to do to become a Buddha or realize their Buddhahood? What is the difference between becoming enlightened, becoming a Bodhisattva, and reaching nirvana?

Resources - Mario D’Amato: Can all Beings Potentially Attain Awakening? Gotra-theory in the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra; Stone, Jacqueline (1995): "Medieval Tendai Hongaku Thought and the New Kamakura Buddhism", Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 22 (1–2); Dogen: Shobogenzo; Gethin, Rupert (1998):  Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press; Hakeda, Yoshito S., trans. (1967): Awakening of Faith Attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, New York: Columbia University Press, archived from the original on September 11, 2013; Liu, Ming-Wood (1982): "The Doctrine of the Buddha-Nature in the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 5 (2): 63–94, archived from the original on October 16, 2013; Robert Sharf: On the Buddha-nature of Insentient Things (or: How to Think about a Ch'an Kung-an). https://web.archive.org/web/20120725093909/http://kr.buddhism.org/zen/koan/Robert_Sharf-e.htm; https://nirvanasutranet.wordpress.com/

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Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host

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