A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 37 excerpt)
from Pariyatti
The Buddha was more scientist than spiritual seeker. He wanted to understand human suffering using himself, his body, and his mind as his laboratory. After many years of ascetic practices, while sitting under a pipal tree in Bihar in northern India, he took a vow not to move until his experiment gave up an answer. As dawn broke so did the yoke that tied him to this earthly realm. Enlightenment. He was now awakened. He was now the Buddha. The one who knows. And what does he ask of us? Reverence? Obedience? Blind devotion? Not at all. He asks... narrated by Ian McCrorie · 2022 · 6 minutes 16 seconds View on the Pariyatti store All Pariyatti podcasts: pariyatti.org/pages/podcasts
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