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BuddhaThis cannot have been true. The effects of mindfulness and the cultivation of skillful states take time. Gotama himself said that it could take at least seven years, and stressed that the new self developed imperceptibly over a long period. БЂњJust as the ocean slopes gradually, falls away gradually, and shelves gradually with no sudden incline,БЂ«he later warned his disciples, БЂњso in this method, training, discipline and practice take effect by slow degrees, with no sudden perception of the ultimate truth.БЂ«The texts show Gotama attaining his supreme enlightenment and becoming a Buddha in a single night, because they are less concerned with historical fact than with tracing the general contours of the process of achieving release and inner peace. Thus in one of the oldest portions of the scriptures, we read that after Gotama had been deserted by his five companions and had been nourished by his first meal, he set off toward Uruvela, walking there by easy stages. When he reached Senanigama beside the Neranjara river, he noticed БЂњan agreeable plot of land, a pleasant grove, a sparkling river with delightful and smooth banks, and, nearby, a village whose inhabitants would feed him.БЂ«This, Gotama thought, was just the place to undertake the final effort that would bring him enlightenment ...» |
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