I saw this video few years back at Discovery channel . I observed that the main struggle of Sidhartha to achieve the state of mind where he could realize eternal inner peace and harmony, lies in this phase of his life...
During his search for a solution of all pain in the world, Sidhartha stretchened the boundries of his mind and also experimented fasting.When Sidhartha was about to die, a young girl saved his life giving him a bowl of rice and milk.He now realized if he starve himself again, he would die soon having acheived nothing. He realized it does not solve the problem.
When his five followers knew that Sidhartha has given up the fast they lost faith in him. They no longer believed that he has strength to live up to his spiritual convictions and they abandoned him.
Sidhartha realised there is some other way of awakening.By chance he came across a musician fixing his sitar. He asked the musician what he was doing. The musician said, "I am tightening a bit the loose strings and loosening the tight strings. To bring out a melody, the strings should be neither tight nor loose."
They say this was the turning point of Gautam’s life; Buddha who was born a king and died a God.
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