01:840:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gautama Buddha, Arhat, Bhikkhuni
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(continued) Kamma, and thus will no longer be reborn in samsara. : yet, in many of his sermons - examples of beings who achieve nibbana simply by coming into contact with gotama, without cultivating any identifiable practice whatsoever. : there are also a number of suttas that claim that one can attain nibbana merely through the performance of good kamma. : the reason for this diversity of approaches - buddhism"s perpetual interest in appealing. To the widest possible constituency in ancient india and beyond: it offered a path to liberation that could be articulated in philosophical, meditative, or scholastic as well as popular terms. After the enlightenment - gotama buddha beings to teach his dhamma to gods and men, wandering around ne india giving sermons and performing miracles. This teaching, and its associated practices and institutions, is known as gotama buddha"s.
