Dear Ajahn,
Regarding doctrine of " It’s impossible of arising two Buddhas at the same time at the same solar system" (Aṅguttara Nikāya 1.277 and Digha Nikaya 28), which is I believe as authentic, someone had present me the Therapadana which interpreted as contrary to that doctrine.
Here’s some text of verse in Therapadana:
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Those Buddhas who live here-and-now,
who have no rivals in the world,
and those who lived in former times:
I brought them all into the world.
Lonely Buddhas, many hundreds,
Self-dependent, Unconquered Ones,
and those who lived in former times:
I brought them all into the world.
There are many wishing-trees there
who are both human and divine.
Having arranged all of the cloth
I give them each the triple robe.
Filling lovely bowls made of gems
I then provided alms to them:
foods that were soft, and hard foods too,
well-prepared food and drink to taste.
Being given burnished-cloth robes
which were just like divine garments,
honey and crystallized sugar,
sesame oil and sugar-cane juice,
with milk-rice, each one satisfied,
they formed an exalted circle.
Having entered a jeweled room
like a lion its secret cave,
they got onto priceless couches
in the sleeping-lion posture.
Mindfully rising up they then
sat cross-legged on those couches,
filled with delight in altered states,
the pasturage of all Buddhas.
Some are preaching their doctrines then,
while others sport in miracles.
Others apply special knowledges,
masters of special knowledges.
Various lakhs of others still
transform into various shapes.
Buddhas are questioning Buddhas
about the range of omniscience.
Understanding deep, abstruse points,
they achieve their Awakenings.
Followers questioning Buddhas;
Buddhas questioning followers.
Questioning one another they
then provide each other answers.
Buddhas and Lonely Buddhas too,
followers and the attendants,
thus delighting in devotions,
are really enjoying the palace.
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Could you please give answer to this contradiction? It become an argument of which Sutta is true. Thanks,
Namo Buddhaya