around 1st C. BCE:
unconscious energies emerge, enlighten Homo sapiens consciousness.
some people said that mainstream Buddhism doesn’t go far enough.
believed that people need to not just liberate themselves from suffering but also liberate others and become Buddhas too.
the bodhisattva ideal
a person who wants to become a Buddha by setting out on the great way:
motivated by greater compassion than the Hinayana way
aiming for a complete understanding of reality and greater wisdom."
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and it was a worldwide emerging, wherever conditions were suitable. not just in India.
expressed according to existing cultural mythologies and reasoning.