Bhante,

Ven. Yuttadhammo wrote:

> A Sri Lankan monk once gave a lecture in Canada about what
> the word Buddha means, and he said that he himself might be
> considered "Buddha" because he had learned a lot in school.
> Again, I think this is a misuse of the term...

Perhaps the monk had in mind the Atthakathaas' notion of
a sutabuddha.

cattaaro hi buddhaa: sutabuddho, catusaccabuddho,
paccekabuddho, sabba~n~nubuddho ti
For [there are] four awakened ones: one awakened
through learning; one awakened through the four
truths; one awakened privately; one awakened
through omniscience.

tattha bahussuto bhikkhu "sutabuddho" naama.
In this scheme a bhikkhu who has heard much is
called "one awakened through learning".

khii.naasavo "catusaccabuddho" naama.
He in whom the pollutions are ended is called
"one awakened through the four truths".

kappasatasahassaadhikaani dve asa`nkhyeyyaani
paaramiyo puuretvaa saama.m
pa.tividdhapaccekabodhi~naa.no "paccekabuddho"
naama.
One who after fulfilling the perfections for two
asankhyeyyas and one hundred thousand kappas,
has by himself penetrated that knowledge
called private awakening is called "one awakened
privately".

kappasatasahassaadhikaani cattaari vaa a.t.tha vaa
so.lasa vaa asa`nkhyeyyaani paaramiyo puuretvaa
ti.n.na.m maaraana.m matthaka.m madditvaa
pa.tividdhasabba~n~nuta~n~naa.no
"sabba~n~nubuddho" naama.
One who after fulfilling the perfections for four,
eight or sixteen asankhyeyyas and one hundred
thousand kappas, and trampling on the head of the
three Maaras, has by himself penetrated that
knowledge called omniscience, is called an
omniscient awakened one.

imesu catuusu buddhesu sabba~n~nubuddhova adutiyo
naama. na hi tena saddhi.m a~n~no sabba~n~nubuddho
naama uppajjati.
Among these four awakened ones, only the omniscient
awakened one is called 'without a second', because
another [person] called 'an omniscient awakened one'
does not arise with him.
(AA. i. 115)

Best wishes,

Dhammanando