Buddhist Meditation - Buddham Saranam Gacchami Mantra - Dependence, peace and liberation.

According to the Pali Canon, immediately after achieving Enlightenment, the Buddha spent 7 weeks in various locations. He meditated under the Bodhi Tree, the Banyan tree, the Mucalinda Tree (the King of Cobras), and, finally, under the Rajayatana Tree, each for a week. While sitting under the Rajayatana Tree, two merchant brothers named Tapussa and Bhallika from Ukkala (Orissa, modern-day Myanmar) offered the Buddha a meal of sticky rice and honey. After the Buddha had partaken of the meal, the two men prostrated themselves at his feet and requested refuge in the Buddha and his teachings. They took the Buddha and his teachings as their refuge until their last breath. They became the first lay disciples to take refuge in the Buddha and his teachings, known as the “Dharma.“ Following this, the Buddha traveled to the Deer Park in Sarnath, where he delivered his first sermon, known as the “First Turning of the Dharma Wheel,“ to a group of five ascetic friends. Later, they all attained t