What games we play ...

When the Buddha looked at the people around him, he noticed they were all enlightened but not awake to the fact. Ignorance, clinging and skhandas had obscured their pristine and pure nature.

In effect the Buddha decided that the acquisition and development of mind states, which he had excelled at, was effectively, useless. Training could be a form of spiritual glamour. Look at me, I can sit with my monkey mind. Look at me, starved meself silly, I must be sincere. Hey I can quote the vedas/sutras and therefore I know what I am talking about. I had this mantra whispered by the secret Buddha of the Himalayas and . . .
. . . games . . .

I have mine. You will have yours.