How Buddha Found the Middle Way | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Bodhisatta Discovers Majjhima Patipada
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Before his supreme awakening, the Bodhisatta tried to reach enlightenment by extreme self mortification. He becomes so emaciated and weakened that he collapses and almost dies. At this crisis moment, he remembers how he attained the first jhāna as a child, and recognizes that the rapture and bliss of samādhi are actually the way to enlightenment. Dhammagiri WebsiteOur Spotify PlaylistsNewsletterDhammagiri Youtube ChannelPics#buddha #bodhisatta #enlightenment #awakening #middleway #majjhimapatipada #asceticism #samadhi #jhana
