Sadhguru | BUDDHA’s First Words After Enlightenment!
The ShivaYogi・1 minute 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.
