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Constant efforts through meditation(Vipassana), a Buddhist person performs kusala(good) or akusala(bad) actions without creating its reprints(samkhara). Simultaneously, accumulated past samkhara of a Buddhist person which were created in past, vanishes gradually. After eradication of all samkhara, all forms of cravings are eradicated. Thus, a Buddhist person reach Enlightment. It is a very very difficult state to achieve. However, through hardship and constant efforts any person can reach to Enlightment.
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On the other hand, each of us has a Buddha nature which we tend to ignore and cover up with our desires. Enlightenment is then the return to our simplest nature - a return to simplicity not the gaining of something more. The Buddha himself abandoned the road of privation and hardship as the route to enlightenment.
Zen Buddhist stories are full of references to the fact that the harder you try to reach enlightenment, the longer you will take. The use of Koans to allow the mind experience in reaching awareness without intellectual understanding underscores this concept. In many cases the instant of satori comes in a flash when least expected. The Tibetan concept of dorje (the thunderbolt of enlightenment) is similar.
Enlightenment, which is a state in which we see all things clearly, just as they are, without judgments and preconceptions, and where suffering ends can be attained by following what the Buddha described as the Eightfold Path. It is a path between the extremes of sensual pleasure and asceticism. The Buddha made this observation when he became aware of the impact of his opulent early life as a prince and the lack of progress towards enlightenment he archived as a wandering (and starving) mendicant holy man. The Noble Eightfold Path was also described by the Buddha as The Middle Way. The Noble Eightfold Path consists of:
1. Right View
2. Right Intention (thought)
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration.
What else can I help you with?
What is Buddhist Awakening?
Buddhist Awakening is another name for Enlightenment. This is a state of complete peace and realisation. All Buddhists seek to reach this as it will enable them to reach Nirvana (the Buddhist equivalent of heaven). This would end the constant cycle of reincarnation.
When a Buddhist individual reaches enlightenment it is said that they reach a certain state that can be literally translated as snuffing out what is this state?
Nirvana
What is the process of achieving Buddhist enlightenment?
The process of achieving Buddhist enlightenment is by meditation or deep thought, while concentrating and clearing their minds of worries and disturbances.
What was the Buddhist term for the end of suffering?
Enlightenment or Nirvana.
What is a popular present day song that would represent a famous philosopher from the Enlightenment Period?
Enlightenment as in the Buddhist enlightenment? Aqueous transmission- by incubus.
Is enlightenment associated with Hinduism?
Typically enlightenment is associated more with Buddhist traditions but the idea of enlightenment is universal to eastern thought in some way or another. What made Buddhism different is that enlightenment was able to be achieved by anybody from anywhere as opposed to the caste ideology of the Hindu religion. To answer your question directly, no. Enlightenment, as I assume you are thinking about it, is a Buddhist tradition.
What does a Buddhist want to reach when he dies?
Generally Buddhists wish to attain enlightenment. Death after enlightenment is either permanent or not. They might then go onto Nirvana, a selfless (egoless) condition with no goals, or reject Nirvana and return to the cycle of death and rebirth to help others fin d enlightenment,
Why for a zen Buddhist enlightenment is nothing special?
see above post.
What is the Buddhist school of Mantrayana?
Mantrayana is a path to enlightenment based on mantras.
Who started enlightenment?
2 dudes named Edmond Halley and William Herschel.
What is the Buddhist term for the state of inner rest and spiritual insight which you reach after having finished the complete cycle of your reincarnations?
There is no goal of "a complete cycle of your reincarnations". They continue until you reach enlightenment (this is up to you and your learning to be skillful in your life) when you might reach Nirvana the state of selfless or egoless being - unless you opt not to, choosing instead to re-enter the cycle of death and rebirth to help others gain enlightenment.
What is a Buddhist holiday in December?
Bodhi Day, December 8th. (celebrating the enlightenment)
