The Śolasi
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A short article on the life of Siteśu, the prophet of the path of enlightenment.
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Siteśu is the prophet of the Hetujan religion, but, while that is his name, he is to his followers more well known as the Ímü Śólasi, the first knowing one.
According to all records, he is supposed to have been an incredibly talented man who travelled both east and west to see the world outside his homeland of the Hetujan Domain. Along the road, he picked up many principals from many different philosophies and started comparing them with the teachings of his own faith. It is unclear exactly how it happened, but sometime along his travels he was kidnapped by pirates. While on their way to the island, a storm appeared from nowhere and wrecked the ship, leaving Sitéśu as the only survivor. He washed up on an island, and knew immediately that the only way of the island was by reaching enlightenment. Enlightenment in the Hetujan faith is to truly understand what the Tsooka, or life force, truly is. This cannot be relayed in speech or writing, but has to be studied and meditated on. So Siteshu sat down and meditated for eight years, never eating, sleeping or doing anything else. He removed himself from the physical world and saw the interconnectedness of everything. He was now truly enlightened.
A short time after his enlightenment, a merchant ship landed on the island, bringing the now rather frail-looking Siteshu with them to land. On their way to port, Siteshu converted the merchant to his faith, and as he walked home to the Hetujan Domain, the attracted a string of followers, in what is now known as the Siteshian belt. Because of all of the stops, it took forty years for him to return to his home, where he was hailed as a hero. He would, however, have none of it and settled in a simple monastery, where he began to write down his teachings, as well as old teachings (the faith had, up to this point, had a strictly oral tradition). He did this, with the help of some loyal disciples, for another eight years. At the age of 128 he looked not a day over eighty, but said that it was time for him. He ate a peach as his final meal, before climbing a mountain, his disciples in tow. Suddenly, he stopped and climbed a small rock, proclaiming “It is now the end of my existence in this body of flesh and blood, but I know now, that it is not the end of me. I shall ascend now, here for those who tread the path. May this place be where future Treaders shall study and meditate.” Having said this, he faded from existence, his robes falling limply onto the rock. When they removed it, they saw his footprints on the rock. Where the rock stands, a monastery was built, but it has not been able to be accessed since the rockslide that blocked the path. What happened to the monks is unknown. A small shrine was built on the island where Siteshu achieved enlightenment.
The core of the peach that was Siteshu’s last meal was planted in a temple in the lowlands of the Hetujan domain (the only part below the tree line). It took root, and as soon as it bore fruit, these were transported to other temples.
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