2007-01-26 05:33:53 · 7 answers · asked by jaydeestew 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
when the light in the room is good enough to read by
2007-01-26 05:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Enlightenment (or Brightening) broadly means the acquisition of new wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception. However, the English word covers two concepts which can be quite distinct: religious or spiritual enlightenment (German: Erleuchtung) and secular or intellectual enlightenment (German: Aufklärung). This can cause confusion, since those who claim intellectual enlightenment often reject spiritual concepts altogether.
In religious use, enlightenment is most closely associated with South and East Asian religious experience, being used to translate words such as (in Buddhism) Bodhi or satori, or (in Hinduism) moksha. The concept does also have parallels in the Abrahamic religions (in the Kabbalah tradition in Judaism, in Christian mysticism, and in the Sufi tradition of Islam).
In secular use, the concept refers mainly to the European intellectual movement known as the Age of Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason referring to philosophical developments related to scientific rationality in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2007-01-26 05:39:47 · answer #2 · answered by thatoneguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Buddhism, any person who has awakened from the "sleep of ignorance" by directly realizing the true nature of reality is called a buddha. Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is thus only one among other buddhas before or after him. His teachings are oriented toward the attainment of this kind of awakening, also called enlightenment, Bodhi, liberation, or Nirvana...
2007-01-26 05:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to bring to light. One has received Godly understanding or knowledge or wisdom about something.
They have an enlightened appearance of awe in their new understanding. It makes sense now.
Brought out of the dark into His marvelous light.
2007-01-26 05:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True enlightenment was when the West emerged from the Dark and Middle ages in the 18th Century, its the only one that counts.
2007-01-26 05:40:13 · answer #5 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Expansion of the consciousness to allow for profound truth to enter.
2007-01-26 05:41:51 · answer #6 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me hit you over the head with a big stick, and then you'll know.
2007-01-26 05:39:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋