^ Prince Siddhārtha, at 29, was so much moved by the pain and
suffering of common people that he renounced his wealth and
power and became a monk. He wondered place to place to seek
the truth.
^ Under the Bodhi Tree in Gaya, India he achieved enlightenment
and thus prince Siddhārtha became Gautam Buddha.
^ Have you ever pondered why only prince Siddhartha achieved
enlightenment and not any other king, before or after him, who too
had renounced the world and led an ascetic life?
^ Because as per the Bhagavata Purana, he is the reincarnation of
Vishnu. Simply put, he was God and not a normal human being,
as some text would make us believe.
^ Next in the series we will see how an Indian king, despite
possessing the fruit of immortality, failed to achieve enlightenment.
^ Moral of the tale is that renunciation alone won't guarantee
anybody enlightenment.
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