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What did the Buddah actually achieve?
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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