metaphysics. He's very practical, down-to-earth practical. He's very scientific. His approach
is not that of a thinker; the approach is existential. When he attained and became a Buddha, it
is said that the God of the Gods, Brahma, came to him and asked him, "Who is your witness?
You declare that you have become a Buddha, but who is your witness?" Buddha laughed,
touched the earth with his hand, and said, "This earth, this solid earth is my witness."