ttaining Enlightenment

When one has achieved Nirvana, which is a transcendent state free from suffering and our worldly cycle of birth and rebirth, spiritual enlightenment has been reached.

uddha

Buddha (the yellow jewel) is one of the three jewels of Buddhism. This refers to the historical Buddha, the original teacher. He was not a god but a human being like us, and his example shows us that we can also follow the path to enlightenment.

onception of Nirvana

Nirvana is the goal of many Buddhist paths and marks the release from worldly suffering and rebirths in samsara.

harma

The Dharma means the teachings of the Buddha or the truth he understood. It also encompasses Buddhist teachings as that same Truth mediated by language and concepts.

ightfold Path

The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.

our Sights

It is the Four Sights that help Buddhists make sense of the teachings and doctrines of Buddhism. Through being aware of the Buddha's privileged life and the sights he saw, a Buddhist becomes able to accept the realities of life.

uru

The Guru is the teacher, who teaches the spiritual and religious knowledge. Guru can also be a personal teacher.

ow Siddarth became the Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, according to legend, was a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal, and in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE. He became awakened when he sat under a Bodhi tree and began practicing mindfulness of breath and entered the same state of concentration he experienced as a boy.

mpermanence 

Called the first seal of the dharma, the law of impermanence indicates that all conditioned things have a beginning, middle, and end.

hana

Jhana refers to a meditative state in which the yogi is profoundly still and in perfect concentration.

arma

In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to actions driven by intention—a deed done deliberately through body, speech, or mind—that lead to future consequences.

umbini Sanskritik, Nepal

The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal.

ahayana

Mahayana Buddhists teach that enlightenment can be attained in a single lifetime, and this can be accomplished even by a layperson. The Mahayana tradition is the largest major tradition of Buddhism existing today

oble truths

They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.

m 

According to Simpkins, Om is a part of many mantras in Tibetan Buddhism and is a symbolism for wholeness, perfection, and the infinite.

ali 

Pali is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.