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　　The Buddha smiled. This is what he explained every day, but if someone did not want to understand, what could be done

　　 He tried to explain again. He had different ways of explaining. Sometimes he would explain by counter-questioning.

　　"Where do you come from

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　　"Sāvatthi, sir."

　　"Yes, but your facial features and speech show that you are not from this part of the country. You have come from some other region and settled here."

　　"You are right, sir. I am from the city of Rājagaha, the capital of the state of Magadha. I came and settled here in Sāvatthi a few years ago."

　　"Have you severed all connections with Rājagaha

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　　"No sir. I still have relatives and friends there. I have business there. I visit Rājagaha many times every year and return to Sāvatthi."

　　"Having travelled the path from here to Rājagaha, certainly you must know the path very well

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　　"Oh yes sir, I know it perfectly."

　　"And your friends, who know you well, must know that you are from Rājagaha and have settled here

　　 They must also know that you often visit Rājagaha and that you know the path from here to Rājagaha very well

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　　"Yes sir, all those who are close to me know that I am from Rājagaha and that I know the path to Rājagaha very well."

　　"Then it must happen that some of them ask you to explain the path from here to Rājagaha. Do you hide anything or do you explain the path to them clearly

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　　"Sir, why should I hide it

　　 I explain to them as clearly as I can: go towards the east from here and you will reach the city of Benāras. Continue onward until you reach Gayā. Proceed further and you will reach Rājagaha."

　　"And do all these people to whom you explain the path so clearly reach Rājagaha

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　　"How can that be sir

　　 Only those who walk the entire path will reach Rājagaha."

　　"This is what I want to explain to you. People come to me knowing that this is someone who has walked the path from here to nibbāna and so knows it perfectly. They ask me about the path. Why should I hide it

　　 I explain to them clearly:

　　"This is the path. On the way you will come across these stations; you will pass through these experiences. Proceed further and you will reach the stage of liberation, you will experience the Ultimate Truth.

　　"I explain the path very clearly. If someone is satisfied only with my explanation and bows down three times and says, ”Sādhu, sādhu, sādhu, you have explained very well, sir.” but does not take a single step on the path, how will he reach the final goal

　　"One who starts walking on the path and takes ten steps will be ten steps closer to the final goal. One who takes a hundred steps will be a hundred steps closer to the final goal. And one who takes all the steps on the path will reach the final goal. You have to walk on the path yourself."

　　All those who have started walking on the path of liberation, the path of pure Dhamma, have started walking on the path of total purification of the mind. They have started walking on the path of total liberation, the path that leads to real happiness, real peace, real harmony, real liberation. Those who walk on the path of pure Dhamma find real happiness, real peace, real harmony, real liberation from all the miseries of life.

　　May all beings be happy!

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