Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s2.65

c11.s2.65

This is the usual description of the Sambodhi, as it is found also, e.g., in the introduction to the Vibhaṅga (“Vinaya Pitaka,” iii, p. 4 seq.), in the Bhayabheravasutta (“Majjh. Nikaya”), and in the Dvedhâvitakkasutta (ibid). To the ancient Order the kernel and the sole essential to the event of Sambodhi (i.e., the attainment of Buddhahood) appeared to be the springing forth of such and such a knowledge, and of such and such qualities in the mind of the Buddha, and nothing else.