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People who attain enlightenment are often highly intelligent individuals. But this is not always the case.
A long time ago, there was a king in India with a very violent temperament. One day, this king went out hunting and was chasing a deer, but he lost sight of it.
In ancient India, even before the birth of Buddhism, there were already concepts of cause and effect, retribution, and reincarnation, and the practice of zazen (sitting meditation) existed.
Buddha: "Samsara (輪廻)has been continuing since a time so ancient that it has no beginning. People are covered by ignorance, bound by desire, and are repeatedly reborn and die, drifting while suffering."
The monk Kōin Takada became widely known during the Showa era for his easy-to-understand sermons. This is a story from the Sankei Newspaper’s “Seiron” column from July of Showa 60 (1985).
Read more: The Venerable Kōin Takada (Hossō School, Abbot of Yakushiji Temple)