At this time he sat under a Bohda tree and remained there until he reached an enlightened state when he became know as the Buddha. ... It is said that the beginning point of Buddah's teaching is the unenlightened mind, in the grip of its afflictions, cares, and sorrows and the end point is the enlightened mind, blissful, radiant, and free. ... Normally this revelation is regarding a dilemma of mankind and the religion is there to help explain the problem and correct it. ... Here he realized that there will always be suffering in life as long as there is desire and that the Eightfo...

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He felt a strong desire to find answers to his many questions in order to help himself and all other beings. ... He went to the chamber where his newborn son and the princess were sleeping, took one last look at them, and finally made the decision to leave in order to free his wife, son and all beings from suffering. ... He made a firm resolution as he sat under the, now famous, Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya saying to himself, "My body may shrivel up, my skin, my bones my flesh may dissolve, but I will not move from this very seat until I have obtained enlightenment" (Strong #70) At this po...

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One night Siddhartha sat down beneath a tree, refusing to move until he could find a way to "end the suffering." ... Nirvana, has no specific definition, so in my personal opinion, it is the final or the ultimate state a person attains after he or she passes through the initial three Noble Truths and completely frees themselves from all. ... Right Mindedness- to have thoughts that are free from lust, ill will, and cruelty. ... The ultimate goal is for one to realize the truth and free themselves from the wheel of Samsara and reach Nirvana. Since there is no individual self, everyone is int...

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At the age of thirty-five, Siddharta Gautama sat down beneath the shade of a tree to meditate, and stayed under it until he received enlightenment seven weeks later. ... Only when we are able to give up useless desires and when we are able to learn to take each day at a time, enjoying the experiences that life offers us, patiently facing those problems that life involves without fear, hatred and anger, only then will we become happy and free human beings. ... Because we are no longer obsessed with satisfying our own self-centered desires that we find we have so much time to help others satisfy...

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