From Buddha-to-be to Teacher in the Buddha’s own Words

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The Awakening - 36 To me knowledge and insight arose: Sure is my liberation of mind, this is my last birth, now there is no continuation of existence.
37 Beginning to Teach 14. The Story about Brahmā’s Request 23 Then this occurred to me: ‘This Dhamma I have attained is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, excellent, beyond the sphere of logic, profound, understandable only by the wise. But this generation delights in desire, is devoted to desire, gladdened by desire, and for this generation delighting in desire, devoted to desire, gladdened by desire, this thing is hard to see, that is to say: conditionality and conditional origination. This thing also is hard to see, that is to say: the tranquilising of all processes, the letting go of all bases for cleaving, the end of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna. But if I were to teach the Dhamma and others did not understand me that would be tiring for me, that would be troublesome to me.’ Further these truly wonderful verses occurred to me, that were unheard of in the past: ‘Now is it suitable for me to explain what was attained with difficulty? For those overcome by passion and hatred this Dhamma is not easily understood. Going against the stream, it is profound, deep, hard to see, subtle. Those delighting in passion, obstructed by darkness, will not see it.’ Such was my reflection and my mind inclined to inaction, not to teaching the Dhamma. Then to Brahmā Sahampati, knowing with his mind the reflection in my mind, this thought occurred: ‘The world is surely going to 23 Vin. Mv. 1, MN 26, 85.
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