When introduced to the eight-year-old daughter of the dragon king, Accumulated­-Wisdom makes the comparison between her and Shakyamuni saying that it is hard to believe that someone so young and a female could accomplish all that the Buddha had done in his entire lifetime. I believe this shows us the danger of making comparisons between others and ourselves or between other people. It is wrong and potentially misleading to look at people and say they are not qualified to be a Buddha based upon outward appearances. Everyone – let me say it again, all beings – are equally endowed with the potential to manifest the Buddha that is inherent within their lives. From the poorest, or the most heinous criminal, or the least educated, to the richest, most pure, or smartest it does not matter whatever distinction we may apply they are all irrelevant when it comes to attaining Buddhahood. When we personally engage in such practices as judging people we are in fact sowing the seeds to our own misery because we are in effect slandering the very teachings of the Buddha we claim to uphold.