Enlightenment

Enlightenment has several meanings. Some of them are given below: A concept in philosophy and psychology. Nirvana, the goal of Buddhism Moksha, a religious...

The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe to make people more aware about science rather than religion and tradition...

Enlightenment (also known simply as E), is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System. It can be used alone or together with a...

In Buddhism, enlightenment (called bodhi in Indian Buddhism, or satori in Zen Buddhism) is when a Buddhist finds the truth about life and stops being...

The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (German: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda or Propagandaministerium) was...

their way to become a Buddha. They have attained a certain level of enlightenment, but decide not to enter Nirvana so that they can continue helping living...

those great people who have attained Enlightenment, so that those people (Sangha) will help you to attain Enlightenment. Hanh, Thich Nhat (1991). Old Path...

people call any person a Buddha if they have found enlightenment. If a person has not found enlightenment yet, but is very close to reaching it, then he is...

Progress started being supported by many philosophers in the Age of Enlightenment. They believed that new inventions and scientific discoveries would...

bodhicitta combines the words for enlightenment (Bodhi) and mind (Citta). It is sometimes translated as mind of enlightenment. Bodhicitta is taught to be the...

Tibetan Buddhist text which presents the stages in the complete path to enlightenment as taught by Buddha. In Tibetan Buddhist history there have been many...

being Genevan. Rousseau lived in the 18th century during the Age of Enlightenment. His political ideology influenced the French Revolution and aided the...

arhat is a type of enlightened person in Buddhism. They have achieved enlightenment by following the teachings of a Buddha. Many of the Buddha's disciples...

Articles & Transcripts of Teachings on Lamrim: The Gradual Path to Enlightenment. Dharma Friendship Foundation. (The Twelve Links, part 2 of 5) Ajahn...

promised himself that he would not leave this spot until he had found enlightenment. He meditated under the tree (some say for 49 days). His mind is said...

said to have attained enlightenment. The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage...

Dharma in Buddhism means the teachings of the Buddha which lead to enlightenment. What is called Buddhism in western countries is called buddha-dharma...

someone who follows feminism. Feminism began in the 18th century with the Enlightenment. The controversy over gender differences led to the discussion of equality...

sciences. In M. Spencer (Ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment. London, UK: Bloomsbury. "Yale Faculty Named to American Academy of...

flame of a candle. This end of suffering is also called Enlightenment. In Buddhism, Enlightenment and Nirvana often mean the same thing. Do Buddhists believe...