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GN - The achievements of the Magi Gotama liberated, enlightened birth, is a rare event.

But the ascetic not to enlightenment, but the process of finding the truth in order to implement the ideal of liberation during six years of ascetic Gotama Magi (the name of the Buddha during his ascetic) has to the shining example for the world of the will, the courage and perseverance.

In canonic Nikàya and Agama are recorded road aspirant His first teacher was life with the Taoist Alara Kalama two and Uddaka Ramaputta, then the process of ascetic hermit group Kondanna (Kieu Tran As).

After leaving the palace, golden goodbye lavish life, Prince Siddhattha took off the jacket crown belt scales, barber who became a hermit (cultivators) live the ascetic life for the goal sought truth. To find yourself a Scout master, Taoist Gotama has come to learn with Alara Kalama, a hermit brilliant time, and here he was practicing meditation achievement land owned Wuxi, a meditation help practitioners living on the third floor of heaven after the body damage Immaterial common network. However, this evidence does not lead to meditation enlightenment, liberation. Alara Kalama goodbye, he found to Uddaka Ramaputta, also a renowned religious teacher at the time, this position led him to practice a great achievement Phi Phi meditation originating non-ideal, this is the birth of meditation helps practitioners about fourth floor, the highest heavens of heavens themselves corrupt Immaterial after public network. After learning all that two other masters taught and accomplished what two other masters was accomplished, he found that: "France does not lead to disenchantment take (boring, leave abandon craving, lust), cessation (end all misery), peace, winning position, enlightenment, nirvana "( Central economic and trade No. 26). So he again retired from Uddaka Ramaputta hermit and go toward long-Pros-frequency-speakers, a town of origin Senani. Here he met the group of ascetic led by ascetics.

At that time the Indians have belief that to liberate the suffering they must close themselves into ascetic lifestyle. Also according to that belief, Taoist brothers Gotama with five ascetics he persevered ascetic mortification for six years uninterrupted. From a robust body gradually just skin and bones, his health seriously declined that no longer tenable, confused mind. Beijing Central (No. 12 and No. 36 Business) describes his ascetic state as follows: "For I eat too little each day, so my body very thin. My limbs as thin bamboo tube winding dry. Two of my desk at the moment is like two nails buffalo, spinal cord protruding column looks necklace. My ribs visible as rui columns of ruined houses. I deep-set eyes. My scalp shriveled withered. If I touch the touch stomach skin to the spine, because two things have to stick close together. If I rub the feathers limbs decay falling down ".

By the will and extraordinary energy he practice in a very severe situation. First time in the jungle is a huge challenge for a prince. In all of Fear and Terror (of the 4, Central Business), the Buddha told The Brahmin Janussoni listen and said that, to go through a time he can fix that jungle scared place by the self. Buddha has narrated as follows: "... The desolation of jungle is hard to bear fruit, it is difficult to find peace and solitude in my life. At night when I stay appearance frightened other places, only a passing animal or a tree branch broke peacock, or the wind rustling among the leaves, I also shocking panic. "

Jungle where Indian farmers to have many ghosts hiding. There, flying fox bats and dozens of dangling beans into clumps like the soft black velvet bag on the tree ... Winter in India, the cold night, he lives outdoors. And contrary to summer, sweltering night air muggy He lived in the jungle, daytime He basked under the scorching sun burning like fire. That was the ascetic mortification which he practiced (according to The Historical Buddha - HW Schumann).

 Taoist practice Gotama has all ascetic method to bridge to achieve truth, since method breathless, fasting, eating less (only once in seven days - in the central business) , sometimes eating only wild herbs, dressed all in rags, with shroud corpses or braided bark, straw or hay ... Beijing Central (of the 36), he describes: "I am gritting my teeth, tongue pressed against the roof of the throat, we try to convince the mind, surrender mind, to tame the mind ... Although painful sensations arise throughout my body but it does not hurt me at all interested. Then I controlled breathing and breath from the mouth and nose. When I controlled breathing, breath in the mouth and nose, then blast out of the ears to create a huge sound unusual. Escaping air from his two blacksmith enema tube sounds like the time I stopped breathing, fumes from escaping the ear and to make a sound like that. Anyway, my happiness diligently persevered and indomitable. My mind is still strong and not perturbed. But my body languishes and not at peace after trying suffering, physical must succumb to the persistent efforts. Although painful sensations arise throughout my body but it can not do harm to my mind at all. At the time I thought to myself, I tried Executive Or breathless. We controlled breathing, breathing from the mouth, nose and ears. At apnea oral, nasal and ear kinda cornered head throbbed in pain as I have my hard skull drilled into a very sharp drill. Although such pain, arising in my body, but it does not affect me at all interested. And I thought to myself, I tried Executive Or more breathless. Then I controlled breathing, breathing from the mouth, nose and ears. And when I stopped breathing, I hear flared head. Status horrible pain then have an athlete like a rope tightened my head again. But my happiness was a diligent perseverance ink. The pain did not affect my mind. Then the gods have seen me so, were saying to one another: "Magi Gotama will die!" Several others noted, "Magi Gotama is dying! ...".

Buddha has narrated what he meditated after years of ascetic: "Any recluses, Brahmin ever have the sensation of pain, fierce, terrible and can not exceed the unpleasant feeling that I have suffered. However with extremely harsh austerity this, I still did not achieve the ultimate finality, that wins knowledge, wisdom of sages. So there may be another path to enlightenment, or not? ". He found that the more persistent, the location and its ascetic masterpieces, dry lean body like a dying person, the ultimate truth as receding. His 6 years of uninterrupted clear ascetic not obtained any result except a body just like the bones dry. Austerity true mortification is not the path to liberation.

Then he abandoned the rigorous ascetic practices, decided eating normally again, determined to yourself to strive to realize the ultimate truth. His bath in the river down Neranjara (Ni Contact Boat) and drink milk bowl of a woman named Sujata offered items. After regaining strength by drinking milk bowl, he came and sat down under a tree All-bowl-la (later known as the Bodhi tree, under the tree because the Buddha attained Supreme attainment Bodhi) . Now he is no longer the next fellow, given that he did not tolerate the ascetic life, degenerate religious center when they saw him bathing in the river and drank her milk bowl female section. They had left him and pulled together the go. Since this time he alone on the road looking for the truth.

Abandoning the two extremes: the enjoyment and asceticism mortification, Taoist Gotama start practicing with a new route - the Middle Way. By the way, with insight meditation, he opened up the horizon of liberation for ourselves and all beings.

We can say the enlightenment and liberation of Taoist Gotama, enlightened birth, is a rare event; and the journey to find the truth of Him as a shining example for mankind to follow. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/12/2015.