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'Thus gone', a fully enlightened buddha. The buddhas who have gone (gata) to the state of dharmata or suchness (tatha). Synonym for sugata and jina.

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"Thus Come One" = awakening to the universe as it is Where was I

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A term for the Buddha (Siddartha) which means "The Enlightened One."

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The Thus-Gone One. An epithet of the Buddha.

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a Buddha or refers to one who has attained Buddhahood

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The "Thus-gone" one, an epithet for a Buddha.

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One of the names by which Gautama Buddha is known; the word also conveys the sense of a "Messiah" .

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Literally, "thus-come" from the world of enlightenment to effect the salvation of all beings. Synonym of the Buddha, used in compound form as Amida Tathagata (Amida Nyorai).

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Thus gone; term frequently used by the Buddha in reference to himself.

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the "thusness" of the enlightened state; another name for Buddha

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Literally, "one who has become authentic (tatha-agata)," an epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his Arahant disciples.

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nature of a buddha; one who has followed in the steps of his predecessors

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Enlightened Being with Attainment Status in the Buddha School, and one who is above the levels of Bodhisattva and Arhat.

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(tah tah-gah-tah) – enlightened being with Attainment Status in the Buddha School who is above the levels of Bodhisattva and Arhat.

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Tathagata is a title of the Buddha meaning "he or she who has come from the world of suchness (ultimate reality)."

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(Skt.): One Thus Gone; title of a BUDDHA

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Literally, one who has realized suchness; a buddha.

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( Skt.): Literally, "he who gone beyond," or "he who as attained suchness", an epithet for a buddha.

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"Thus gone" or "the one who has found the truth"; frequently used by the Buddha with reference to himself or other Buddhas.

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TathÄgata (, Sanskrit; Pali "The one thus-come" or "The one thus-gone"; Chinese: å¦‚ä¾†; Pinyin: RÃº lÃ¡i; Japanese: nyorai; Korean: yeo-rae; Vietnamese: nhÆ° lai; ) This is traditionally interpreted as "one who comes and goes in the same way (as the previous Buddhas)".

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