Lord Buddha Search for Truth

River is in search for sea, 
drop is in search for utensil
Dense darkness is in search for free sky
Poor are in search for money
Hungry is in search for food grains
Thirsty is in search for water
Fool is in search for a knowledgeable person.

The entire world is in search for something else. However, everybody is entangled in various activities, he/she is in search for truth and ultimate goal. Kapilvastu King Shudadhodhan and Queen Maya in the Shakya Clan of Ikshvaku Dynasty gave birth to Siddharth Gautam. He became parivrajak by renouncing prosperity, wife, son, property, happiness, etc.
A seeker needs a path upon which he can do sadhana. Question arises that how will he find the path of sadhana? How will unknown seeker get path? As the hungry person searches for food, thirsty searches for water, similarly, Siddharth started searching for a path. He searched various traditions of sadhana and tested on popular systems of tapasya. He did hard tap and sadhana of self-agony.  He consumed a small quantity of food. On many occasions, he consumed the roots of trees. ‘Buddha and his Dhammapad’ describes that he used to wear clothes made of tree bark or grass. His backbone was straight. He remained in that posture. Dust accumulated on his body. He used to keep his body under open sky in shivering cold and hot seasons. He started to live in a mortuary. He used to consume mustard seeds. His tap reached to acme in six years. His body turned into a skeleton. Siddharth Gautam thought that he won’t win over the body through this pain. He had to search for ways to get rid of pain. He was in search for the ultimate truth. At that time, Siddharth Gautam sat like a tree. Coincidently, a great woman Sujana who was the daughter of Senani visited him. She offered delicious food in golden utensils to his feet. He went on the bank of river Supattitatha, took bath and slept peacefully. He got five divine experiences on that night. It indicated enlightenment. The next morning, he sat on the bank of river Niranjana and prayed for ultimate truth. He reached Gaya through Rajpath under inspiration from deity.

He saw a peepal tree in Gaya and sat under its shadow in padmasana posture. Before closing his eyes, he took great commitment which is the golden sutra of inspiration for seekers. He took the pledge to remain this posture without experiencing enlightenment. He said that he won’t break the series of sadhana without getting ultimate truth. It was his firm determination.

He was in a meditated posture under the shadow of green leaves. His mind and soul faced many obstacles. Bad thoughts, disorders, bad refinement, etc attacked him. Gautam challenged them boldly. I have great respect. I have vital energy. I have knowledge. Oh bad thoughts! How can you defeat me? I am a knowledgeable seeker. I can’t leave my path through my commitment. I will get the ultimate truth through my commitment.

It happened. Gautam remained in a meditative posture for four weeks. He got enlightenment in the fourth period of night when the entire world was in deep sleep. Siddharth Gautam became Lord Buddha means infinite knowledge. He helped the world get rid of sorrow. He made the people religious, knowledgeable, enlightened. The entire world got peace and prosperity under his sheer blessings.

For the first time at Mrigdav of Kashi, five bhikshu including Kaundinya, Ashvajit, etc grasped his divine discourse. Therefore, Kaundinya is known as the first religious person. That divine nectar was Dhammagyan. I have realized four arya truth- (1) sorrow (2) cause of sorrow (3) eradication of sorrow (4) ways of eradication of sorrow. Samyak approach helped me realize this ultimate goal. Samyak commitment moves on this lovely path. Samyak speech gives restlessness. The ultimate truth roams in the samyak atmosphere. Samyak livelihood is pure food. Samyak exercise is the main ingredient of it. Samyak samadhi is the ultimate goal in human life. Lord Buddha visited heavenly abode. 

Lord Buddha was the solution of infinite thirst of Prince Siddharth. Buddha is not the name of somebody else. It is the stage of knowledge. Sanyas is not identified by clothes. This is the infinite stage of knowledge. Prince Siddharth searched for truth and found himself. Vedanti calls it brahma and Buddha terms it as enlightenment. The meaning of Buddhism is self-realization. Ultimate goal of our life is to get enlightenment. The journey from Siddharth to Lord Buddha indicates this objective of our life. In Swami Vivekanand Granthavali, Swami Vivekanand had assured that belief is my son. After Lord Buddha, such great personalities will visit this plant and do the great work again. Samyakta is the very basis of it. The entire world has witnessed the realization of great Buddha discourses. Yog Rishi Swami Ramdev Jee Maharaj is the best example of it. He gave the mantra of self-reliant life in the sadhana world. Lord Buddha gave a message to his disciples ‘app deepo bhava’. Light your own lamp. But Kalyugi Lord Buddha Param Shradheya Swami Jee Maharaj gives a message to every seeker to become sun instead of lamp. ‘Become your own sun, become your own lamp. The great scripture ‘A Light of Asia’ mentions repeatedly that the entire discourse was based on a particular element. ‘Become selfless we have listened divine discourse from Buddha and Shradheya Swami Jee Maharaj who says that ultimate goal of spiritualism is platonic, selfless, no desire for sex and longing, etc. He has groomed thousands of sadhu-sadhvi. Buddha’s divine disciples had made available his discourse in the entire world. Today, Patanjali Yogpeeth has given a unique gift to the human beings in the form of committed, laborious, knowledgeable and divine sadhu-sadhvi. I salute to the great tradition of this sanatan and glorious land of Buddha for the service of humanity.