Profundity of the Buddhas vs the Arahants References
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What are some further references in relation to the awesome profundity of a Buddha? As opposed to one who has becoming enlightened from the teachings of a Buddha.
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A Buddha is like a sun hard to describe. What are some references in the Suttas, and smaller books of the Khuddaka Nikāya in relation to the difference of a Tathagata compared to a disciple.
> “I have heard this as a witness, **From the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun**: The path leading to Nibbāna, That is where my mind delights.
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> *AN 8.1, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, © Bhikkhu Bodhi, for study purposes only.*
> **The domain of the Buddhas is an inconceivable matter that one should not try to conceive; one who tries to conceive it would reap either madness or frustration.**
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> *AN 4.77, The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, © Bhikkhu Bodhi, for study purposes only.*
> "Bhikkhus, for a faithful disciple who is intent on fathoming the Teacher’s Dispensation, it is natural that he conduct himself thus: **‘The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple; the Blessed One knows, I do not know.’** For a faithful disciple who is intent on fathoming the Teacher’s Dispensation, the Teacher’s Dispensation is nourishing and refreshing."
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> *The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, © Bhikkhu Bodhi, for study purposes only.*
Also of note is the many names and epithets of the Buddha . Noted discussions are here and here .
*This is a very important topic, due to some thinking all enlightened beings are like the Buddha. Any further textural even commentarial clarification would be helpful.*
**Itipso Bhagava formulation...** I guess is the common form through out the suttas.
>“The Tathāgata has these ten Tathāgata’s powers, possessing which he claims the herd-leader’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā. (MN 12) *The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, © Bhikkhu Bodhi, for study purposes only.*

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