I'm lead to think of Moghediens' statement "Lews Therin stunk of piety and goodness" when I think of BuddhaRand - as much as I like him, I do see the potential for defeat in his overall outlook and Aviendha's visions shows possible futures showing how he can save the world and doom it to subservience at the same time. It almost seems as if the Pattern created t'a'veren around him in order to prevent Rands' closest friends from turning to the Shadow as Lews Therins' did. I hope that he doesn't think that simply re-creating a Seal with saidar is the way to go - all indications from his conversations with Min are that he doesn't and that he's just manipulating Egwene. He's very vulnerable now that he has integrated some of the memories of his past life.

We'll see!