A mind bending story of a Buddha.
Oɴᴄᴇ, Bᴜᴅᴅʜᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴍᴇᴅɪᴛᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏғ ᴅɪsᴄɪᴘʟᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴏʟᴇ ғʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ɴᴇᴀʀʙʏ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ, ᴡɪsᴅᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴇssɪɴɢs. Sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ, ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡᴅ ɪɴғᴜʀɪᴀᴛɪɴɢʟʏ, ᴀʙᴜsɪɴɢ Bᴜᴅᴅʜᴀ ᴡɪᴛʜ sʜᴀʀᴘ ᴡᴏʀᴅs. Hᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴɢʀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪs sᴏɴ, ʜɪs ᴏɴʟʏ ʜᴇɪʀ, ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴋ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢs ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴠᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ Bᴜᴅᴅʜᴀ. Tʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴɢʀʏ sᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴀs ɴᴏ ʜᴇɪʀ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀss ᴏɴ ʜɪs ᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴏɴʟʏ sᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴡᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀs ʙʜɪᴋᴋʜᴜ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟᴍs ʙᴇɢɢᴇᴅ. Tʜᴇ ᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴜᴍᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴇʀᴡ ғᴜᴛɪʟᴇ ɪғ ʜɪs sᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴊᴏɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀɴɢɢʜᴀ. Aᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ, Bᴜᴅᴅʜᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴀʙʟᴇ. Bᴜᴅᴅʜᴀ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ sʜᴏᴜᴛɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴜsᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴀʟᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴅᴇᴍᴇᴀɴᴏᴜʀ. Hᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ʜɪs ʟɪᴘs ᴛᴏ ᴀʀɢᴜᴇ ᴏʀ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀɴ's ᴀᴄᴄᴜsᴀᴛɪᴏɴs. Aғᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ, ᴍᴀɴ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟᴍ ᴅᴏᴡɴ. Sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ʜɪs ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇs ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʜɪᴍ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. Aғᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ᴏᴠᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴄɪᴘʟᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜs ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴏᴡ Bᴜᴅᴅʜ...