What is Enlightenment (Buddhism)?
{{Buddhism}} 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 [[reincarnation|reborn]] because they have reached Nirvana. Once you get to Nirvana you are not born again into samsara (which is suffering). Buddhists believe a person can become enlightened by following the [[Middle Way]]; the Middle Way is not too extreme in either way of living, neither an extremely luxurious life of ease and enjoyment nor an extremely harsh life on living on the minimum of the most basic necessities. One develops Sila (morality), Samadhi (concentration), and Prajna (insight or wisdom). This is thought to take a very long time, according to many buddhist monks and nuns. ==Method== After establishing a strong foundation of Sila (morality), Buddhists become enlightened by using [[meditation]]. While they practice Vipassana meditation, they relax their mind with clear understanding of the law of impermanence, which clears their [[mind]]s of all attachments; craving, aversion, and delusion are destroyed. ==The Buddha== Siddhartha Gautama ([[the Buddha]]) is described as the person to have reached enlightenment and was the founder of [[Buddhism]]. (Buddhists know him as the Shakyamuni Buddha, and believe there were Buddhas before him and will be after him.) The story of his life<ref>{{cite web|last=Boeree|first=George|title=The Life of Siddhartha Gautama|url=http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/siddhartha.html|publisher=Shippensburg University|accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> is told as an [[example]] of what he [[learn]]ed. ===Life at the Palace=== Siddhartha was a rich [[aristocrat]] and the son of a [[ruler]] of a republic. His father went to a [[fortune teller]] who predicted that Siddhartha would either become a king or a [[religion|religious]] [[leader]]. If Siddhartha saw any suffering then he would become a great religious leader. His father wanted him to become a king, so he gave Siddhartha many thin