Siddhartha renounced the life of a prince and began his quest for inner peace. He worked with gurus and teachers who practiced extreme forms of self-control and asceticism. After six years of devoted study and spiritual practice ranging from meditation to long periods of fasting, Siddhartha felt frustrated that he still wasn’t getting the answers to his questions or gaining the wisdom he sought. He eventually realized that the path to peace was to be found through mental discipline. At a site in northern India, he sat in meditation under a fig tree, where he wrestled with his own mind,
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