Definition of enlightenments Enlightenments

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Wiktionary

enlightenments (Noun)
Plural of enlightenment.

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enlightenments, noun, plural of enlightenment.

WordNet

Noun Plural: enlightenments
enlightenment - education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
		unenlightenment a lack of understanding
		education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
		edification, sophistication uplifting enlightenment
enlightenment - a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
		Age of Reason
		reform movement a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
enlightenment - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
		nirvana
		blessedness, beatitude, beatification a state of supreme happiness
		hindooism, hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

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Wiktionary

enlightenment (Noun)
An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
enlightenment (Noun)
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

enlightenment (n.)
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Wikipedia

Buddhism
In Buddhism, enlightenment is when a Buddhist discovers the truth about life.

Method.

Buddhists generally achieve this using meditation (or deep thought), whilst deeply concentrating and "clearing" their minds.

Experiences.

Siddhartha Gautama left the palace on the day his son was born and went to seek the Shramana teachers for guidance. On his way, he saw a poor man, an old man, a corpse and finally a sadu (holy man). This made the Buddha believe that material goods mean little since we all die eventually and although this sadu had almost nothing he was still content.

The Buddha touched His goal of enlightenment after meditating for forty days under his bodhi tree. This idea came to him after the ascetic ways of the Shramana teachers had failed to work for him and he remembered sitting under a tree as a child. During this time he learned of his past lives and saw the past lives of other people. Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened at the age of 35 and was called the Buddha (the enlightened one).

During his enlightenment he pointed towards the earth as a witness of his enlightenment, he was offered to be free from nirvana but his decision was to stay on earth and teach others the ways of the buddha. He taught his first sermon in the deer park at Sarnath. After his teachings, he died at the age of 80.
Window Manager
Enlightenment(also known simply as E), is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or together with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is sometimes used as a replacement for a full desktop environment.

History.

The first version of Enlightenment was released by Raster (Carsten Haitzler) on 1996-10-30.

Enlightenment has been under development for 10 years; its latest stable release is version 0.16.8.13. It always comes with a warning that it is in permanent "heavy development" and remains "not stable".