Siddhartha novel5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This is what I have thought and realized, when I have heard the teachings. ![]() But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery of what the exalted one has experienced for himself, he alone among hundreds of thousands. It has not come to you by means of teachings! And-thus is my thought, oh exalted one-nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings! You will not be able to convey and say to anybody, oh venerable one, in words and through teachings what has happened to you in the hour of enlightenment! The teachings of the enlightened Buddha contain much, it teaches many to live righteously, to avoid evil. It has come to you in the course of your own search, on your own path, through thoughts, through meditation, through realizations, through enlightenment. I have not doubted for a single moment that you are Buddha, that you have reached the goal, the highest goal towards which so many thousands of Brahmans and sons of Brahmans are on their way. But let me say this one more thing: I have not doubted in you for a single moment. ![]() You are truly right, there is little to opinions. “I have not spoken to you like this to argue with you, to argue about words. “I wish that you, oh exalted one, would not be angry with me,” said the young man. ![]()
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