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The third watch the Buddha achieved led to the ending of the asravas. The asrava’s are what binds a person and keeps them ignorant. The root of suffering is ignorance, therefore, the third watch had the largest impact on the Buddha. By meditating on the dependant co-arising witch feeds the asrava, the Buddha was able to unravel this pattern and achieve awakening. In the Pali Sutta he reports: “When the mind was thus concentrated……

…the one whom held wrong views; those whom had right views and actions had blessed bodies and minds. Without understanding the nature of experience the Buddha could not have been enlightened. This came to a entirely new way of being witch comfronted the views of The Brahmanas, who believed that sacrafice lead to a happy re-birth. The Buddha believed that right views and action ( the Eight Fold Path) was the way to a happy re-birth.