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"I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question." --Yogi Berra
Enlightenment. It's why you practice, right? To become enlightened? You probably have your own ideas about it.
The end of suffering. The end of karma. The end of confusion. Free from the struggles of life. The end of anger or greed or stupidity. Free from neuroses and neurotic thinking. Ultimate sanity. Know what life is and what life is about. Emptiness. Free from subjective interpretation. See things just as they are. Free from bias and prejudice. Total objectivity. Infallible. Transform all experience into wisdom. Special powers. Complete and total moral integrity. Beyond reproach, beyond question in everything you do. Know exactly what to do in every situation and do it effortlessly. Able to help others out of their misery. Union of emptiness and compassion. Able to change the world, transform society, heal and cure all that is wrong with the world. The leading edge of the best hope for humanity.
It all sounds pretty wonderful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-mcleod/what-is-enlightenment_b_960127.html
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There are many stages, stream-entry, once returner, etc.
I think enlightenment is equanimity and insight/wisdom. Thanks for a good article, Leon.