No Master, Only Student
Remember,
for every great debater, there is one even greater... but
the truth is THERE IS NO DEBATER THAT IS GREATEST (Not
for long).
When the Buddha
was walking along the road to Benares following his
post-Enlightenment pause he was approached by a
wandering ascetic. According to the custom of the
time the ascetic greeted him and asked who his
teacher was or what doctrine he followed. The Buddha
told the wanderling that he was "the Victor and
Conqueror of the World, superior to gods and men, an
All-Enlightened One beholden to no teacher." The
wandering ascetic could see no hint of anything of
the Buddha's nature and wandered off as wanderlings
are oft to do, mumbling under his breath something
like, "If it were only so!"
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