Beyond Frustration and Ecstasy — Buddha as described by Ashvaghosha in the first century CE, left the luxuries of his protected palace to follow monasticism. He has witnessed the four sights — an old bent man, a sick person, a corpse, and a wandering ascetic. Not to imply that each individual has to tread upon a similar path of bodily austerity, but the seeking is kneaded in this kind of longing and frustration. …