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Originally Posted by cylon  Well the point was that he perceived that there was no separation. How he or anyone else gets there is how they get there. |
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my point is that part of the path that he outlines to achieve the same thing he did, is to not get attached to life and all the desiring and the thereby pain it causes. So the detachment from the world is essential in Buddhism (notice how he sat under a tree for 49 days).