Sadhguru | BUDDHA’s First Words After Enlightenment!

The ShivaYogi10 minutes read

Gautama achieves enlightenment through self-discovery and self-realization, emphasizing the importance of looking within. He promotes a philosophy of inclusion, responsibility, and commitment to create a better world.

Insights

  • Gautama achieved enlightenment through self-realization and the practice of samadhi, highlighting the internal nature of liberation rather than seeking it externally.
  • Gautama's philosophy emphasizes responsibility and inclusion over forceful ownership, advocating for a transformative approach to creating a better world through commitment and courage.

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Recent questions

  • How did Gautama achieve enlightenment?

    Through pursuing eight forms of samadhi.

  • What did Gautama practice as a samana?

    Not asking for food.

  • Where did Gautama resolve to understand the ultimate nature of his existence?

    At the river Niranjana.

  • What did Gautama realize after crossing the river Niranjana?

    That everything was within him.

  • What philosophy did Gautama explain to the astrologer?

    Inclusion over conquest.

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Gautama's Enlightenment Journey: From Samadhi to Inclusion

  • Gautama, under the Bodhi tree, became fully enlightened after pursuing eight forms of samadhi, realizing that liberation was within him.
  • As a samana, Gautama practiced not asking for food to overcome the instinct of survival, leading him to walk until he became emaciated.
  • Exhausted, Gautama reached the river Niranjana, where he resolved to understand the ultimate nature of his existence or die trying.
  • After realizing the futility of his search and that everything was within him, Gautama crossed the river and sat under the Bodhi tree.
  • An astrologer mistook Gautama's footprint for an emperor's, leading to a conversation where Gautama explained his philosophy of inclusion over conquest.
  • Gautama emphasized that by taking responsibility for everything, one truly owns it, contrasting it with forceful ownership.
  • Gautama invited the astrologer to join his plan of turning the world into a paradise through commitment and courage.
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