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Devdutt Pattanaik: Spa-walla Buddha

But, today when you think of Buddha, he has become a spa icon. You can go to any health spa for a massage, a steam or a jacuzzi and there in front of you, you will find an image of Buddha

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Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik

Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt PattanaikHave you ever wondered how Buddha became a spa icon? How it has even a bar in its name? Two thousand and five hundred years ago, there was a prince who lived an extremely luxurious life and then realised that everything around him, all things beautiful, and all things wonderful, will one day come to an end through disease, old age, decay. They will finally face death.

And so, he left the luxuries of his palace, the responsibilities of a king, of a husband, of a father and went to the forest and meditated, discovered the secret of life, the truth of the universe which he called 'Dhamma' and shared with the world. He became to be known as the enlightened or awakened one, the Buddha.

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