is over 500 million.
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CHAPTER I
T H E B U D D H I S T A T T I T U D E O F M I N D
A m o n g the founders of religions the Buddha (if we are permitted
to call him the founder of a religion in the popular sense of the
term) was the only teacher w h o did not claim to be other than a
human being, pure and simple. Other teachers were either G o d ,
or his incarnations in different forms, or inspired by him. T h e
Buddha was not only a human being; he claimed no inspiration
from any god or external power either. He attributed all his
realization, attainments and achievements to human endeavour
and human intelligence. A man and only a man can become a
Buddha. E v e r y man has within himself the potentiality of becom-
ing a Buddha, if he so wills it and endeavours. We can call the
Buddha a man
par excellence.
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