<p>To be buddha merely means to be awake: to open your eyes and see the true nature of reality. That happens more often than anyone realizes, to people one might never hear about or expect.</p>

<p>To be a teacher — one with open eyes who goes beyond the karma of others as well as his own — is rare. I suspect that the world has to be locked in dukkha, a generalized state of dissolute and decayed dissatisfaction, in order to effectively pull people to the path without pre-existing structures. No one tears down an old temple to build a new unless the old one is close to rubble and ruin. But that's more an intuition than anything else. </p>

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@YesheTenley: Oh, yeah, I understand the distinction you're making. Personally I prefer to blur that distinction, because (given the nature of ego) a lot of early practitioners set their sights on samyaksambuddha and dismiss the others. I prefer to treat world-teaching as just something a buddha might do, not something special, important, or significant in its own right.
Ted Wrigley
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  <p>My question is under what conditions Buddha arises?</p>
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<p>There's no set patterns. For example Buddha Gotama came during a relatively uneventful period where human life span was within normal range. However, for the future Buddha Metteyya to arise, per <a href="https://suttacentral.net/dn26/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DN 26</a>, life on earth must undergo some very drastic "downswing", and then some recovery, and finally thru some great upswing before He'll appear.</p>

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<p>Buddha arises. In the past there were several Buddhas. And it is said that in the future there will be at least one. </p>

<p>My question is under what conditions does a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhahood#Samyaksambuddha" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Samyaksambuddha</a> arise?</p>

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Under what conditions does a Samyaksambuddha arise?
# Under what conditions does a Samyaksambuddha arise?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-26)

Buddha arises. In the past there were several Buddhas. And it is said that in the future there will be at least one.

My question is under what conditions does a [Samyaksambuddha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhahood#Samyaksambuddha) arise?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-26. Score: 3

> My question is under what conditions Buddha arises?

There's no set patterns. For example Buddha Gotama came during a relatively uneventful period where human life span was within normal range. However, for the future Buddha Metteyya to arise, per [DN 26](https://suttacentral.net/dn26/en/sujato), life on earth must undergo some very drastic "downswing", and then some recovery, and finally thru some great upswing before He'll appear.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-27. Score: 1

To be buddha merely means to be awake: to open your eyes and see the true nature of reality. That happens more often than anyone realizes, to people one might never hear about or expect.

To be a teacher — one with open eyes who goes beyond the karma of others as well as his own — is rare. I suspect that the world has to be locked in dukkha, a generalized state of dissolute and decayed dissatisfaction, in order to effectively pull people to the path without pre-existing structures. No one tears down an old temple to build a new unless the old one is close to rubble and ruin. But that's more an intuition than anything else.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @YesheTenley: Oh, yeah, I understand the distinction you're making. Personally I prefer to blur that distinction, because (given the nature of ego) a lot of early practitioners set their sights on samyaksambuddha and dismiss the others. I prefer to treat world-teaching as just something a buddha might do, not something special, important, or significant in its own right.  

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