The Buddha calls upon us to not seek this enlightenment outside of our lives but to realize that we already are equal to the Buddha the difference being that the Buddha has awakened to this truth and we have not yet done so. The Buddha, in teaching the Lotus Sutra, seeks to remove the imaginary barrier that we think exists between our lives and Buddhahood. The Buddha is telling us that his greatest desire is that we manifest a life equal to that of all Buddhas.