Siddhartha’s Many TeachersJoin now to read essay Siddhartha’s Many TeachersSiddhartha has had many teachers. Although many of these teachers did not teach him what he was looking for, they were still teachers by definition. Siddhartha’s main teachers were his father; the Brahmin, the Samanas; the wandering ascetics, Kamala; the lover, and Vasudeva; the ferryman. Each and every one of these teachers taught Siddhartha something that allowed him to continue on his path to enlightenment.
Siddhartha’s father is Siddhartha’s first official teacher. He raises Siddhartha and enlightens him on the ways of Brahmin life; which includes prayer, sacrifices, and complete understanding of the Vedas. Even though the father is comfortable with just knowing and abiding by the rules of his caste, Siddhartha feels that there is something missing and therefore can’t continue with his current way of life. Siddhartha’s father didn’t teach Siddhartha much in the ways of Enlightenment, but he did show Siddhartha a way of life that will help him understand more on his path to achieve his goal.
The wandering ascetics, called Samanas, teach Siddhartha much in the ways of spiritual discipline. Unlike Siddhartha’s prior Brahmin lifestyle, the ascetic life proved to get him closer to spiritual Enlightenment than before. After a while with the Samanas, Siddhartha noticed that the oldest man in the group was nearing sixty and still had not achieved enlightenment. This didn’t bode well for Siddhartha. Looking back at his time with the Samanas, Siddhartha found that the only spiritual step he had taken was one that he could have achieved by going to the local bar or sleeping with a whore. The spiritual escape that he was taught was merely a momentary oblivious state that that proved to help with nothing
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The meditative way of the monk is to use his wisdom to overcome all worldly situations and problems, but on the one hand, he goes about his daily life in an ordinary manner, to obtain the Buddha’s help. On the other hand, the meditative attitude is to remain meditative while doing the true Buddha-nature; on the one hand, he lives in the illusion that he can achieve some of the greatest attainments and attainments, but on the other, there are many obstacles to achieve any of these ends, such as poverty, sickness, sickness, suffering, sorrow, and so on. This was done through the fourfold Way.
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During his meditation, the Buddha often has meditative talks with those in his group. The Buddha has spoken to many people of their life in a kind of spiritual trance. The Buddha speaks to them through the S-C-O-O (Spirit-Directed Transmission of the Way), where, by using the techniques described in this chapter, the sages could become enlightened. If this happens, the meditative retreat has a tremendous benefit in helping the sages attain enlightenment, but in the case of an ascetic, it is not for more peaceful cultivation or good cultivation. It also has such a massive advantage in enabling an ascetic to live in an enlightened state, or even for a man to realize that one’s place in the great ascetic tradition remains completely in an exalted state.[1]
The same can be said about the Buddha’s way of life. The sages, on the other hand, used the S-C-O-O (Spirit-Directed Transmission of the Way) with the goal of achieving profound peace and harmony. This is shown in the Buddha’s story of the Buddha. In the words of Mahāyāna Patanjali (1243-1343 BC), the sages taught him to use his wisdom to attain this goal.[2]
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There are many factors that may factor in attaining an enlightenment at such an early stage along with the fact that the Buddha could not have ever fully attained enlightenment from a very young age. All the factors which are mentioned are only one-dimensional and are not of great importance in determining the stage on which an ascetic may ascend. The Buddha may have come to be dependent on the good and wrong of his peers or may have had to be influenced by all the external factors for such a course. Some factors may have had greater influence on him at any time that should be taken into account than others.[3] That is why so many people who may have attained enlightenment from the Buddha are now working toward the path which