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On Buddhism

Undeceptions with John Dickson

CHAPTER

The Secret of Serenity in a World of Pain

Sidother had set out to discover for himself the secret of serenity in a world of pain, and he had failed. A lifetime of luxury and six long years of denial had convinced him that neither extreme provided the answer he was looking for. He committed himself to pondering this dilemma night and day until he found a solution. One evening while sitting under an old tree known now as the body tree, the wise tree, the answer came to him in an instant of pure insight. Was the moment of enlightenment for sidatha gotama. From that time on, he h'd been known to his disciples as the buddha, which just means enlightened one.

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