only teach the way.'
4
If the Buddha
is to be called a 'saviour' at all, it is only in the sense that he
1
Dhp. XII 4.
2
D II (Colombo, 1929), p. 62 (Mabaparinibbana-sutta).
3
Tathagata
lit. means 'One who has come to Truth', i.e., 'One who has discovered
Truth'. This is the term usually used by the Buddha referring to himself and to the
Buddhas in general.
4
Dhp. XX 4.
I
discovered and showed the Path to Liberation, Nirvana. But we
must tread the Path ourselves.
It is on this principle of individual responsibility that the
Buddha allows freedom to his disciples. In the
Mahaparinibbana-
sutta
the Buddha says that he never thought of controlling the
Sangha
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