Path to Enlightment

            The Buddha’s path for enlightenment sounded like a very harsh and glorifying experience. The path started with the realization that the life of a wealthy prince may sound great because he had servants to everything for him but he realized that this did not make him any different when it came to health, injury, and death. These made him start to think that he needed to find the way to enlightenment and live a life free of death. This was not a quick and easy path however.

            He went to visit five monks to continue his path and share his knowledge but he was not greeted the respectful way. This was very surprising and the monks did not respectfully greet him until completion of the path when he had accomplished the deathless life. The path he had to take was not made any easier because of these monks but eventually they embrace the fact that he did find the way to deathless life.

            The path mainly consisted of suffering. The passage exemplifies that suffering is one of the five clinging objects, which is one of the five things that must be rid of to complete the path. Hunger is the way the he embraced this on his path. He was extremely emaciated but he survived and he found the way to become with your body and let go of the pain he felt from suffering and this led him to complete his path to enlightenment.