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Originally Posted by satorimind
I've pondered this one many times. What exactly was the Enlightenment that the Buddha achieved under the Bodhi tree 2,500 years ago.
The obvious answer is the ending of suffering. But didn't the Buddha still have a bad back after Enlightenment?
My guess he ended suffering, not pain. We all have pain; it is part of life. Suffering is what we add to pain, create on top of it.
I think it is this that the Buddha ended.
Anyone else got any ideas?
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Yes, ' The four noble truths '
The truth of suffering (Dukkha)
The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya)
The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha)
The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering(Magga)