Buddha's Enlightenment

Buddha, the savior of humanity, is fed up the cycle of Birth and Death and decides to search the true meaning of life and liberation from the sorrows of life. He decides to leave all worldly pleasures; beautiful wife, son, the lavish life style and starts searching for the truth of life. After wandering so many places, he gets tired and reaches a place called Bodhgaya where he met with a girl named Sujata. The girl found him very hungry and offers him milk and some pudding rice, but he was spiritually hungry. After eating food, he sits down for meditation and remains in the same position for 24 days, in the mean time Maya, the goddess of emotion tries to distract him and applies so many charms to disturb him but finally he achieves enlightenment and got his new name Buddha or Gautam Buddha. The state of meditation, according to Buddhist texts, is known as Sets of wheel of law of motion.

After his enlightenment Lord started to move all over India to share his thoughts and feelings. According to Buddhism, at the time of awakening he understands complete insight into the cause of suffering and the steps necessary to keep away it. These discoveries are known as four noble truths which are the essence of Buddhist teachings. The state of enlightenment is considered to be supreme state of liberation or Nirvana or the perfect peace of mind that is away from ignorance, greed, hatred. It is also considered as the ‘End of the world’ means no personal identity or boundaries of the mind remains.