![]() So he kept him in utter pleasure – the best of food, clothes and pleasures. ![]() He thought that by being exposed to some suffering or misery, he may turn into a sage. He did not want him to become a great sage. When he made this prediction, Gautama’s father got a little excited. When he was born, some Yogi predicted that he will either become a great emperor or a great sage. Gautama was a prince of a small princely state. He opened up the floodgates of spirituality for all kinds of people. ![]() For the first time, Gautama spoke in Pali, which was the common language of the day. Others were barred from learning it because this language was seen as the key to the Divine. Till then, spiritual process was offered only in Sanskrit language in that part of the world and Sanskrit was available only to a certain community of people. He did not do anything very new as such, but he offered spirituality to the society in the way that it works. ![]() In his own lifetime, he had forty thousand monks and this army of monks went out to bring a spiritual wave. He has been one of the greatest spiritual waves and probably the most successful spiritual teacher on the planet. Though there have been many Buddhas, his name has lived on. There is probably no one in the world who has not heard of Gautama's name. One who is above his intellect is a Buddha. The word "Bu" means buddhi or the intellect. ![]() There were many before him, many at that time and many more after him. Sadhguru: If I say “Buddha,” today most people think of Gautama the Buddha. ![]()
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