"Those who see me, see my teachings, Those who see my
teachings, see me". The global panorama regard him as the cordon bleu of human
existence.He has reverberated in the hearts of millions through his enchanting
"prana" & preachings. Amid the iron age, here is a man
who sits under a tree, thinks & brings about the most greatest change
man has ever witnessed. Unlike other monks, Buddha was seeking rationality
within the existing moral tree.Contrary to his princely magnificence Buddha was
a bulwark for the much lauded Sanatan
Dharma or Religion for all.He
disseminated his sermons throughout Asia for 45 yrs on foot encompassing
subjects of death,suffering & compassion.Unlike other religious
theologies, Buddha went forward to collude both practicality &
spirituality into an abysmal yet conspicuous theory which later got the name of
Buddhism.The mind boggling dimension attached to this magnate thinker was his
chutzpah to show the world his transition of a mere prince ruler into an
enlightened divinity.
Born as Siddhartha, he was prophesied as either being a valiant
warrior or an influential tutor to the world.Apprehension churned in the heart
of Suddhodhana, his father, who hitherto subjected his only son to a house
arrest hidden under the cloak of royalty.Siddhartha knew that this abode was
lacking the answers about life which were the leitmotif in his soliloquy within
the palace.Thus, under the shade of darkness he renounced his royal patronage
& thus began his quest for enlightenment.Nothing came hunky dory for
our new monk, who was seeking the reason coupled with the path for a person's
liberation.It took 6 yrs along with a beleaguered physical & mental
state to transcend from Siddharta-"the prince,the monk" into Buddha-"the awakened
soul".
The Buddha story serves as a paradigm for all those seeking
bliss & compassion on this planet.He boldly couples oxymoron's of
dispassion & compassion & became the 1st social scientist to give a CAUSE AND EFFECT
diagram."If you attach desires to your soul,welcome suffering as a
companion,this was the basis of his 4
NOBLE TRUTHS wherein he
beautifully expounds the inevitability of suffering & searching the
panacea to treat such an ailment."Be your lamp, seek no refuge but the
light from your truth",Buddhism is popularized as a "do it
yourself" exercise augmenting Buddha underlining on self-reliance.He
refuted exorbitant rituals to charm gods & termed it as fooling the
"smartest". The contemporary social scientists debates on
self-actualization are precursors of Buddha scriptures.He despised miracles or
promoting the distribution of God-Man statuses to monks but rather highlighted
the degree of introspection required by everyone.His roller coaster commences
through the corridors of pride,envy,anger,avarice,sadness,gluttony &
lust & culminates at your awakened soul. The tale of Buddha is an
unfinished story of each individual, some finish it like him others die
"unfinished".
