Of course, it is allowed for us Theravadins to be aware and understanding of Mahayana language, you know
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Friends,
Kindly understand *buddha* is a state of being and not any individual person.
When an individual reaches to that *nirvanic* state; Gautama too became a buddha like Jesus became Christ i.e. the individual energy has fully merged with the universal energy and the individual is no more a separate entity is the state of *buddhahood*.
Religions are nothing but ways/path to reach such a state.
Love & rgds
Of course, it is allowed for us Theravadins to be aware and understanding of Mahayana language, you know
Is there even a single Mahayana language? I think not.
Is there even a single Theravadin language? I think not.
Yes and no. There are Mahayana schools of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan / Nepalese / Indian origin, and their terminologies are quite varied indeed.
By contrast, Theravada uses only Pali and whatever contemporary languages the situation demands.
Of course, that does not mean that you are wrong. But really, the Mahayana variety makes Theravada pale by comparison.
Ilusory as it is, there is still a practical use for that distinction.