LIBERATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT
Buddha
Buddha's Teachings
Karma
Buddhist Refuge
Buddhist Meditation
Liberation and Enlightenment
Different Buddhist Schools
Diamond Way Sangha
In the process of becoming liberated, one first discovers that body, thoughts and feelings are in a constant state of change and flux. There is therefore no basis for a real existing ego or "self". One stops feeling like a target, taking one's suffering personally. When one thinks "there is suffering" instead of "I suffer", one becomes invulnerable and free.
Enlightenment is the second and ultimate step. On these highest levels of realization one stops to separate things according to one's likes and dislikes. One's projections, attachment and ill will disappear and for the first time things are seen the way they really are.
Here, the clear light of mind radiates through every experience. Past, present and future, "here" or "there", - all are expressions of mind's timeless richness. In enlightenment, mind naturally manifests fearlessness, joy and active compassion while remaining effortless and spontaneous in whatever happens.
