What does a Buddhist have to do to gain enlightenment?

Answer 1

Meditation

Buddhists try to reach Nirvana by following the Buddha's teaching and by meditating. Meditation means training the mind to empty it all of thoughts. when this happens what is important comes clear.

Answer 2

While following the Eightfold Path is seen as a good route to enlightenment, the desire to achieve may be an impediment. Enlightenment happens when one is ready for it, as many Buddhist stories indicate the harder one strives to attain what one wants, the longer it will take.

Answer 3

You follow the teachings of the Buddha to their natural conclusion, this leads to the full realisation of the nature of phenomena and an end to the relative condition connected to attachment and aversion.

Answer 4

Enlightenment is not only for the Buddhists, enlightenment is for everybody. But the Buddhists call it Nirvana, the Hindus call it Mukti and then Moksha. The western world calls it enlightenment and Salvation, Liberation, and Unification. Whether it is MEN - Moksha, Enlightenment or Nirvana, they are different terms for the same goal of enlightenment. What is enlightenment? Enlightenment is switching on the light. The Buddha advocated that if we want to be enlightened, we have to go within and switch on the light. Just like we need to switch on the light in a dark room to see what is in it, we need to switch on the light within to see what is inside us. We are not the body that we appear to be, we are not even the mind, we are the Divine Soul. The Buddhist goal is just to meditate, to be conscious, and to attain Nirvana but it is up to each one of us to find our own way to enlightenment

Answer 5

*the 'devil' of their greed, desire and suffering.