enlightenment
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“If there’s anything tumultuous happening now . . . I wouldn’t know, I haven’t been paying attention,” she jokes, “just remember that historically, an enlightenment of epic proportions is probably not far off.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
I arrived at Longshan Temple, in the old part of western Taipei, on a Saturday, unaware that it was the anniversary of the enlightenment of Guanyin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The experience suggests that to achieve enlightenment, one must embrace these limitations, come to peace with contradictions, and maintain faith in a larger order that we cannot fathom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In Buddhism, bodhicitta is, essentially, a desire to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the bo tree in his greatest hour when he received enlightenment?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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