it really purely transcendent? 7612qey That statement: "I am the Buddha, the 7612qey perfectly enlightened one" is interesting to contemplate because it connects the use of "I am" with superlative attainments or realisations. In any case, the result of the Buddha's first teaching was that the listener 7612qey could not understand it and walked away. Later, the Buddha met his five former c 7612qey ompanions in the Deer Park in Vara 7612qey nasi. All five were very sincerely dedicated to strict asceticism. They had been dis 7612qey illusioned with the Buddha earlier because they tho 7612qey ught he had become insincere in his practice. This was because the Buddha, before he was enlightened, had begun to realise that strict asceticism was 7612qey in no way conducive towa 7612qey 7612qey rds an enlightened state so he was no longer practising in that way. 7612qey These five friends thought he was taking it easy: maybe they saw him eating milk rice, which would |
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