Enlightment is when one has escaped from the cycle of death and rebirth, and has been freed from suffering. ... In Buddhism, the main belief is that life is a cycle of death and rebirth that is all suffering and individuals have to attain enlightment to be freed of this cycle. ... Nirvana, consequently means the stage of enlightment, or when one is finally let out of the cycle of death and rebirth. ...

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Compare/Contrast Christianity and Buddhism An obscure Jewish preacher and a humble Hindu philosopher changed humanity forever with teachings that would lay the foundation for western and eastern society. The religions of Christianity and Buddhism began slowly as an alternative to the polytheisti...

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Buddhism came from India, it was not indigenous it became sinicized, it came into China during the han dynasty Buddhism made its greatest impact during the unsettled 6 dynasties.. Buddhism colors Chinese life. Buddhism doesn't have hierarchy. It became a major and potent political and religious fo...

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In Sayuri's case, the unusual circumstances of birth do not relate to the birth that brought her into the world, but rather to the rebirth she experienced when an established geisha, Mameha, took her on as her apprentice, or younger sister. ...

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Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path Seven weeks after the Buddha reached enlightenment, at a place called Sarnath, in India, he gave his first teaching. This is referred to as setting the wheel of Dharma in motion. Here he first spoke of the Four Noble Truths. # To l...

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When he completed his program Siddhartha came to understand all his previous lives and the entirely of the cycle of birth and rebirth (samsara) and most importantly figuring out how to end the cycle of infinite sorrow. ...

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