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succeed his teachers, but everytime



         Siddhartha was not satisfied and




         rejected all offers.








         Awakening




         Siddhartha soon realized that he



         was on the right path to awakening,




 succeed him. However as Siddhartha   but this extreme asceticism did not



 felt that it was not enough, he   work. He discovered what Buddhists



 rejected the offer and went to find   know as being, the Middle Way. This




 new teachers that could teach him   was a path of  moderation away from



 more. Siddhartha was able to achieve   the extremes of  self-indulgence and




 an even higher level of  meditative   self-mortification. In one incident,



 consciousness and was again asked to   Siddhartha became starved and
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