Udaka Ramaputta was one of the teachers Siddhattha studied under and practiced austerities with in his efforts toward enlightenment. Udaka Ramaputta and Siddhattha attained to high levels of jhana, but no ultimate insight of enlightenment. "How far does this doctrine lead concerning which Rama declared that he had realized it for himself and entered upon it?" Then there is the account of how this thought occurred to the Bodhisatta: "It is not only Rama who had faith, industry, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom. I also have them."
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