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Enlightenment

"The permanent realization of one’s true nature as boundless awareness, ending identification with the separate self and the cycle of suffering."

Full Explanation

Origin & Etymology

Old English 'inlihtan' (to shed light upon)

Traditional Meaning

In the Upanishads, enlightenment is 'aham brahmasmi'—'I am Brahman'—the recognition that individual soul and universal spirit are one.