2007-05-02 14:38:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
buddhists believe that the self is the cause of suffering.
consequently an enlightened buddhist would have transcended the self. so what would there be to cause suffering?
2007-05-02 14:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
nirvana- enlightenment (perfect stillness)
enlightenment is experince of true peace & true happiness
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Buddhist teaching is one of being enlightened now rather than doing anything to become enlightened. The idea that you must do something to become enlightened can only come from wrong understanding. Then enlightenment is merely another condition dependent upon something else - so it is not really enlightenment. It is only a perception of enlightenment. However, I am not talking about any kind of perception but about being alert to the way things are. The present moment is what we can actually observe: we can’t observe tomorrow yet, and we can only remember yesterday. But Buddhist practice is very immediate to the here and now, looking at the way things are.
Now how do we do that? Well, first we have to look at our doubts and fears - because we get so attached to our views and opinions that these take us into doubt about what we are doing. Someone might develop a false confidence believing that they are enlightened. But believing that you are enlightened or believing that you are not enlightened are both delusions. What I am pointing to is being enlightened rather than believing in it. And for this, we need to be open to the way things are.
2007-05-04 06:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by sista! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enlightened Buddhists know that there is suffering;but there is no sufferer.
2007-05-02 23:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Enlightenment ends suffering.
2007-05-02 14:48:19 · answer #4 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they still do, physically...
Enlightenment is just a state of mind. It is a state of reality a person's mind 'dwell' in, unlike the minds of the unenlightened. It is a realization of the state of 'awakening' rather than anything else.
Upon leaving this body at physical death, the enlightened one shall not be reborn as there is no cause to be born as all the factors of birth had been cut off. It is known as the state of deathless, where there is no mental or physical suffering as in our 'conventional' reality.
Hope this helps...
2007-05-05 07:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fully enlightened buddhist will never suffer. This doesn't mean that they cannot be in pain and such.
2007-05-02 14:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by x2000 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not mentally .Because they have stopped grabbing things mentally.
But physically they have the same sensations as we do.
Try http://www.bswa.org/
2007-05-05 19:18:37 · answer #7 · answered by Shehan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
2007-05-02 14:51:12 · answer #8 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋