“You have listened well to the teachings, O Brahmin’s son, and it is a credit to you that you have thought so deeply about them. You have found a flaw. Think well about it, again… Its goal is quite different; its goal is salvation from suffering. That is what Gotama teaches, nothing else.” (33)
When speaking to the Buddha [Gotama], Siddhartha realizes that you cannot be taught enlightenment, It something you earn by yourself, through experience and gained wisdom. No teacher can give you the light to see yourself as you truly can can. Teachers can only serve as an aide, in helping you in take right path. Siddhartha learns that he must do this all for himself by continuing the journey to enlightenment on his own. This realization, would be considered the crossing the threshold. Crossing over of the territory between the known and unknown.
When speaking to the Buddha [Gotama], Siddhartha realizes that you cannot be taught enlightenment, It something you earn by yourself, through experience and gained wisdom. No teacher can give you the light to see yourself as you truly can can. Teachers can only serve as an aide, in helping you in take right path. Siddhartha learns that he must do this all for himself by continuing the journey to enlightenment on his own. This realization, would be considered the crossing the threshold. Crossing over of the territory between the known and unknown.
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