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The 26 pages that link to Buddhahood, each with the reason it gives.

• MahayanaRelated: Mahayana presents complete Buddhahood as the path’s ultimate goal.

• VajrayanaRelated: Vajrayana presents its methods as a way to attain this state.

• BodhicittaRelated: Bodhicitta aims at this awakening, not merely personal release.

• PrajnaparamitaRelated: The bodhisattva cultivates wisdom on the path toward this awakening.

• Lotus SutraRelated: The sutra makes Buddhahood a potential ultimately open to all beings.

• Buddhist cosmologyRelated: Buddhahood represents awakening, not merely residence in a superior realm.

• ShikantazaRelated: Dōgen’s account links sitting practice with awakening rather than postponing awakening until later.

• MaitreyaRelated: Maitreya’s future role culminates in attaining buddhahood.

• Buddhist tantraRelated: Tantric methods aim at awakening, sometimes treating its result as a present path.

• Jataka talesRelated: The tales frame earlier lives as preparation for the Buddha’s awakening.

• Bodhisattva vowRelated: Attaining this state is the vow’s aim, joined to helping others attain freedom.

• Buddhist hagiographyRelated: Accounts of the Buddha’s life often portray his path as the defining model of this attainment.

• Mahabodhi TempleRelated: The temple marks the event that its sacred identity commemorates.

• GuanyinRelated: A bodhisattva’s path aims toward awakening while helping others reach it.

• Daisaku IkedaRelated: Ikeda’s writings present the possibility of Buddhahood as accessible in ordinary life.

• SōtōRelated: Sōtō practice treats awakening as expressed in ordinary practice rather than only as a future attainment.

• ZhiyiRelated: Zhiyi taught that all mental states and realms are included within the possibility of Buddhahood.