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Old 07-05-2012, 08:47 AM   #9
LottiFurmann

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That's correct. The Buddha taught only one path - the noble eightfold path.

I interpret the meaning of "an unawakened bodhisatta" as "an as yet unawakened being headed for self-awakening". I also understand that Gotama, the as yet unawakened being headed for self-awakening, was already a sotapanna.

If you read the Pali suttas, a sotapanna is often described as "a stream-winner headed for self-awakening".
impossible, sotapanna can only live 7 times
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