Namuhla ngiqala uhambo lwami kule ndlela ethakazelisayo futhi enhle ebizwa UbuBuddha. Bengingazi ukuthi ngingayichaza kanjani: ngabe ifilosofi noma inkolo?
Kungcono ngincike kunketho yokuqala. Kunoma ikuphi, kuyindlela yokuphila engokomoya ebonakala kimi ingaletha izinzuzo ezinkulu ezingokomoya eziguqulwa zibe yimpilo ephezulu. Ngiyakumema ukuba uhambe nami kule ndlela.
Wayengubani uBuddha?
USiddhartha Gautama, uBuddha, wayengumfana osesikhundleni sezicukuthwane zaseNdiya owayehlala ezungezwe ukunethezeka nokunethezeka. Kodwa-ke, ukungajabuli kwakhe kwakukhula njengoba isikhathi sihamba futhi wafuna okuthile okujulile okunganelisa umphefumulo wakhe.
Ngelinye ilanga wathatha indebe (eyoncenga) waphuma wayongena emgwaqeni. I-India ngaleso sikhathi yayicebe kakhulu ngokomoya. Kwakukhona othisha abaningi bezomoya nezikole zefilosofi ababezibuza ngezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ezikhona. Lesi sikhathi saziwa njenge-Axial Age.
USiddhartha waqala impilo yokuzincisha kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuthi angadli ukuzama ukuthola iqiniso lokuthi ukhona. Kodwa-ke, wabona ukuthi ukuphatha kabi umzimba kwakungeyona indlela engcono yokufeza lelo banga lokwazi nokuqwashisa ngezinto.
Wanikela ngengqondo nenhliziyo yakhe ekuzindleni. Ngobunye ubusuku benyanga egcwele wahlala ngaphansi komkhiwane wafunga wagomela ukuthi ngeke avuke aze akuthole abekufuna. Ubusuku budlulile futhi ngenkathi inkanyezi yokuqala yasekuseni ivuka uSiddhartha wafinyelela "ekuvukeni" (Nirvana). Lokhu kuvuka kwenziwa ngezinto ezintathu ezihlobene:
1) Ukuqwashisa ngokuphelele ngakho konke okuzungezile. Akunabumbano phakathi kwesihloko nento. Izinto zaziwa njengoba zinjalo.
2) Ububele nothando oluchichima isidalwa esingumuntu. Lolo thando lufaka phakathi zonke izinto ezakha lobu bukhona.
3) Amandla engqondo angapheli. Ukudala nokuzenzela kuyaqhubeka.
Ngikushiya ividiyo efingqa kahle ukuthi uBuddha wayengubani nezimpawu ezibalulekile zalokho akusungula: