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awakened being/ buddha(hood) [RB]

buddha *, enlightened [IW]

buddha, buddhahood, SA ltung bzhags kyi sangs rgyas so lnga, one who wakes up to what is, awakened one, fully enlightened one awaken, wakeful, state of enlightenment, condition of enlightenment, enlightened being, enlightenment, state of buddha [JV]

Buddha, 1) enlightenment, awakening, awakened being/ buddha(hood); enlightened being, the awakened stated. 2) enlightened, awakened, purified and perfected, awakened perfection, purified unfoldment. awakened one; buddha Def. by Jamg?ongtr?sangs pa dang rgyas pa gnyis ka la 'jug pas sangs rgyas zhes brjod pa]]; one, such as Shakyamuni, who has purified obscurations sangs and developed pristine cognition rgyas [RY]

Buddha, Enlightened One [thd]

buddhahood. The perfect and complete enlightenment dwelling in neither samsara nor nirvana; the state of having eradicated all obscurations, endowed with the wisdom of seeing the nature of things as it is and with the wisdom of perceiving all that exists [RY]

Buddha (sangs rgyas): One who has eliminated the two veils - the veils of emotional obscurations and the cognitive obscuration, which is the dualistic conceptual thinking, which prevents omniscience - and who has developed the two wisdoms, the wisdom that know the ultimate nature ultimate nature of the mind and phenomena and the wisdom that knows the multiplicity of these phenomena. [MR]

Enlightenment (sangs rgyas): synonymous of Buddhahood. The ultimate accomplishment of spiritual training. Consummate inner wisdom united with infinite compassion. A perfect understanding of the nature of mind and of phenomena, that is their relative mode of existence (the way they appears) and their ultimate nature (the way they are). Such understanding is the fundamental antidote to ignorance and therefore to suffering. [MR]