Introduction

M gatama, later to be the buddha duplicatesth childhood experience. He left home and became a wandering mendicant in search of liberation. After six years of different teachings and abuse of his body, he vows to stay there until he resolves this issue that has been chasing him for six years. And while he's sitting there, fortuitously, he's observed by a young woman. So seemingly in desperation, he sits on the side of a river and vows to stayed there. The tradditional story is a traditional story, but as epstein points out, he's trying,. what he's trying to do is he's tried to cure his own