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Anonymous
monks can be arhats, boddhisatvas, sakyamuniboddhisatvas, buddhas, ascetics, buddhas, ect
only through the attainment of the perfection of wisdom in perfect enlightenment do they attain buddhahood and their own buddha field that will be filled with more beings ready to seek enlightenment. this process carries on for an infinity because as state is the karmic lotus sutra the tathagatha is untracable. the tathagatha is the truthseeker or buddha and upon attaining buddhahood he exists outside of time and some interpetations and texts state that ALL are buddhas now and will be buddhas later but we have not acknowledged it.
ucla buddhist lit in translation B+
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