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Buddha taught that salvation can be attained by each individual; this doctrine was of importance socially, and greatly assisted the spread of Buddhism.

As Buddhism developed further, Buddha soon began to be regarded as a supernatural being, and two principal tendencies came into existence: Hinayana and Mahayana. Indonesia was not affected by the former, but the latter proved to be of the utmost importance there The so-called 'Lesser Vehicle', hinayana, concentrates upon personal salvation, its ideal being other-worldly monasticism.

The 'Greater Vehicle', mahayana, emphasizes tire fact that one obtains salvation in order to confer it upon other beings. Those who have attained salvation, bodhi, and stand on the threshold of Nirvana, but who renounce it in favour of other creatures are called Bodhisattvas. In this sense every being can become a Bodhisattva here on earth. Mahayana sought to be a complement to Hinayana; it also permitted the in corporation of elements which had not belonged to it originally

The historic Buddha was, moreover, thought of as, merely one in a long series of Buddhas from former acons - (the process of creation was imagined as being divided into acons) But these terrestrial Buddhas were regarded merely as reflections of celestial Buddhas, who were seated upon lotus flowers, absorbed in meditation, inactive and in tile highest state of tranquility. These divine motionless Buddhas were called Dhyani Buddhas.

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