<p>All this passage really says is that attaining buddhahood is the highest ideal one can reach for, in this universe or any other. This isn't about 'our' buddha, or <em>this</em> buddha or <em>that</em> buddha. This is about the state of being awakened.</p>

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<p>Buddha said &quot;nowhere between the lowest of hells below and the highest heaven above, nowhere in all the <em><strong>infinite worlds</strong></em> that stretch right and left, is there the equal, much less the superior, of a Buddha. Incalculable is the excellence which springs from obeying the Precepts and from other virtuous conduct.&quot; - <strong>Apannaka Jataka</strong></p>

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Are there no Buddhas from other universes that are equal to our Buddha?
# Are there no Buddhas from other universes that are equal to our Buddha?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-12)

Buddha said "nowhere between the lowest of hells below and the highest heaven above, nowhere in all the ***infinite worlds*** that stretch right and left, is there the equal, much less the superior, of a Buddha. Incalculable is the excellence which springs from obeying the Precepts and from other virtuous conduct." - **Apannaka Jataka**

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-12. Score: 1

All this passage really says is that attaining buddhahood is the highest ideal one can reach for, in this universe or any other. This isn't about 'our' buddha, or *this* buddha or *that* buddha. This is about the state of being awakened.


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