In the Buddha Sutta the Buddha describes the difference between himself and those that follow the Eightfold Path: “The Tathagata (the Buddha) the rightly self-awakened one is the one who teaches the path previously unknown. His disciples follow the path and afterwards become awakened from the path.
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