In early Indian Buddhism, for example, the term bodhisattva was primarily used to refer specifically to the Buddha Shakyamuni in his former lives.

This is unique, as most Mahayana Sutras are usually ascribed to Shakyamuni Buddha and the teachings, deeds or vows of the bodhisattvas are described by Shakyamuni Buddha.

While some schools regard this as features attributed to Shakyamuni Buddha others underline that he identifies himself as a votary of the Lotos Sutra :" Shakyamuni Buddha is the father and mother, teacher and sovereign to all living being ...” and similarly mentioning in his letter ' The Opening of the Eyes ':“ I, Nichiren, am sovereign, teacher, and father and mother to all the people ...”..

He eventually concluded that the highest teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha ( 563 ?– 483? BC ) were to be found in the Lotus Sutra.

Nichiren Buddhism is based on the Lotus Sutra: “ According to Nichiren, the Lotus Sutra is the highest teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha.

In fact, all of the other teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha were taught in order to prepare his disciples for the teachings of the Lotus Sutra ”.

While there is doubt about the level of Songtsän Gampo's interest in Buddhism, it is known that he married a Chinese Tang Dynasty Buddhist princess, Wencheng, who came to Tibet with a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.

* 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern schools of Buddhism.

It is a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue under construction.

In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, it is claimed that the historical Shakyamuni Buddha taught tantra, but that since these are ' secret ' teachings, confined to the guru / disciple relationship, they were generally written down long after the Buddha's other teachings, the Pali Canon and the Mahayana sutras.

# In the first turning Shakyamuni Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths at Varanasi in the 5th century BC, which led to the founding of Buddhism and the later early Buddhist schools.

Though Dogen emphasised the importance of the correct transmission of the Buddha dharma, as guaranteed by the line of transmission from Shakyamuni, his own transmission became problematic in the third generation.

* Crushing the Forces of Evil to Dust, an epic poem on the life and liberating deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni

They include much of its worldview and its rationale for criticism of Buddhist schools that do not acknowledge the Lotus Sutra to be Buddhism's highest teaching, as stated by Buddha Shakyamuni.

Nichiren Shōshū holds that in revealing and propagating his teachings, Nichiren Daishonin was fulfilling a prophecy made by the Buddha Shakyamuni ( Siddhartha Gautama ; 563 ?– 483?

Other Nichiren schools employ statue of Shakyamuni Buddha or a combination of statues and mandala Gohonzon-as their Object of Devotion.

Traditional groups of Nichiren Buddhism regard Shakyamuni as the Eternal Buddha and Nichiren as a Bodhisattva.

For example Nichiren Shu school has the view that “ the title Buddha ” is reserved for Shakyamuni ”.

SGI teachings refer to both Shakyamuni and Nichiren with the title Buddha.

Within these chapters it is revealed that all persons can attain Buddhahood in this lifetime and Shakyamuni transfers the essence of the sutra to the Bodhisattvas of the Earth led by Bodhisattva Superior Practices ( Jogyo ), entrusting them with the propagation of the essence of the sutra in the Latter Day of the Law.

He is credited with having sent a mission in 538 to Japan that brought an image of Shakyamuni and several sutras to the Japanese court.

But later the Shakyamuni rejected extreme asceticism because it is an impediment to ultimate freedom ( nirvana ) from suffering ( samsara ), choosing instead a path that met the needs of the body without crossing over into luxury and indulgence.

The Lotus Sutra is held by Nichiren Buddhists, as well as practitioners of the Chinese Tiantai ( T ' ien-t ' ai ) and corresponding Japanese Tendai sects, to be the culmination of Shakyamuni Buddha's 50 years of teaching.

There is a broad spectrum of opinion on the universality and method of attainment of Buddhahood, depending on the Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings that a school of Buddhism emphasizes.

The Shakyamuni Buddha then points out that she is suffering because she has lost one of hundreds of her own children, and asks her if she could imagine the suffering of those parents whose only child she has devoured.

The historical Buddha Shakyamuni is only the latest in a series of Buddhas that stretches back into the past.

# The origin of the Bonpo lineage is traced to Buddha Tönpa Shenrab ( sTon-pa gShen-rab ), rather than to Buddha Shakyamuni.

Mirroring the life of Shakyamuni Buddha, the young prince is depicted as having a natural capacity for swift learning in multiple fields and the practice of Dharma at a young age.

In China, in the 4th – 6th Centuries " Buddhist artisans used the names Shakyamuni and Maitreya interchangeably ... indicating both that the distinction between the two had not yet been drawn and that their respective iconographies had not yet been firmly set " An example is the stone sculpture found in the Qingzhou cache dedicated to Maitreya in 529 CE as recorded in the inscription ( currently in the Qingzhou Museum, Shandong ).

The image of the Shakyamuni Buddha in the abhaya mudra is also noticeable in some Pagodas.

One of the courts is centred on Daeungjeon, the hall which houses the Shakyamuni Buddha.

Nichiren Shū states that the Buddha, to take refuge in, is the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha of the 16th chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

Shakyamuni Buddha is regarded as the Eternal Buddha as revealed in the 16th chapter of the Lotus Sutra.

Shakyamuni Buddha is said by Vajrayana Buddhists to have taught the Kalachakra tantra on request of King Suchandra of Shambhala ; the teachings are also said to be preserved in Shamballa.

For example, Shakyamuni Buddha is said to have practiced for three great asamkhyeya kalpas before becoming a Buddha.

' In Shin Buddhism, Nirvana or Ultimate Reality ( also known as the " Dharma-Body " or Dharmakaya in the original Sanskrit ) has assumed a more concrete form as ( a ) the Buddha of Infinite Light ( Amitabha ) and Infinite Life ( Amitayus ) and ( b ) the " Pure Land " or " Land of Utmost Bliss " ( Sukhavati ), the realm over which this Buddha is said to preside ... Amida is the Eternal Buddha who is said to have taken form as Shakyamuni and his teachings in order to become known to us in ways we can readily comprehend.

' In Shin Buddhism, Nirvana or Ultimate Reality ( also known as the " Dharma-Body " or Dharmakaya in the original Sanskrit ) has assumed a more concrete form as ( a ) the Buddha of Infinite Light ( Amitabha ) and Infinite Life ( Amitayus ) and ( b ) the " Pure Land " or " Land of Utmost Bliss " ( Sukhavati ), the realm over which this Buddha is said to preside ... Amida is the Eternal Buddha who is said to have taken form as Shakyamuni and his teachings in order to become known to us in ways we can readily comprehend.

Several of the structures at Narita-san temple have been designated National Important Cultural Properties ; the Kōmyō-dō, built in 1701 and dedicated to the Dainichi Nyorai Buddha ( Vairocana ), the principal image of Shingon Buddhism ; the three-storied, 25-meter high pagoda built in 1712 ; the Niōmon main gate, built in 1830 ; the Shaka-dō ( Shakyamuni Hall ), built in 1858 ; and the Gaku-dō ( Votive Tablet Hall ), built in 1861.

The central figure of Buddhism, Siddhartha is believed to have achieved Nirvana and awakening after much meditation, thus becoming the Buddha Shakyamuni.

The five chapels in this building have statues or images of Maitreya, Shakyamuni, Arhats, Tsongkhapa, and Kwan-yin with one thousand hands and eleven faces.

The Tummo practices were first described in writing by the Indian yogi and Buddhist scholar Naropa, although the Tibetan Buddhist tradition holds that the practice was actually taught by Shakyamuni Buddha and passed down orally until the time of Naropa.

Shakyamuni of Ch 16 is regarded as a Unification of the Three Bodies, as taught by Tiantai.

Chin Kung tries to correct the misunderstanding and lead the public back to the original form of Buddhism as taught by Buddha Shakyamuni.