“Siddhartha remained under the Bodhi tree for seven days, wanting nothing, feeling what had happened. Then he said, ‘Life after life I looked for the builder of the house and could not find him. But now I can see you, builder! I have snapped the rafters and broken the ridge beam; I will not build this house of pain again.’
“‘My mind is free of its conditions now. I am delivered, rebirth has ended, the true life is here, I have done what I set out to do. As a flame blown out by the wind cannot be described, I am free from worries, the conditions that make the self.’
“A great light spread out from the Bodhi tree; the sick were healed, the doors of prison swung open, and even the recently dead were restored to life.”
