Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha

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The Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha is the pivotal spiritual awakening through which Siddhartha Gautama realized the true nature of reality and became the Buddha, founding the core teachings of Buddhism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist concept
religious event
spiritual awakening
alsoKnownAs Awakening of the Buddha NERFINISHED
Bodhi NERFINISHED
Sambodhi NERFINISHED
approximateCentury 5th century BCE
associatedConcept Bodhi NERFINISHED
Dependent Origination NERFINISHED
Eightfold Path NERFINISHED
Four Noble Truths NERFINISHED
Karma
Liberation
Middle Way NERFINISHED
Nirvana NERFINISHED
Samsara
Six Realms of Rebirth NERFINISHED
Three Jewels NERFINISHED
Three Knowledges
Three Marks of Existence NERFINISHED
Three Poisons
associatedDeityOrFigure Mara NERFINISHED
associatedEvent Mara’s temptation NERFINISHED
calling the earth to witness
centralFigure Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED
commemoratedAt Mahabodhi Temple NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn Buddha Purnima NERFINISHED
Vesak NERFINISHED
coreMeaning attainment of Nirvana
cessation of ignorance
destruction of mental defilements
direct knowledge of dependent origination
end of the cycle of rebirth
realization of the Four Noble Truths
realization of the true nature of reality
countryAtTime Magadha NERFINISHED
doctrinalStatus supreme and complete awakening
unsurpassed perfect enlightenment
followedBy First Sermon at Sarnath NERFINISHED
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma NERFINISHED
founding of the Buddhist Sangha
involvesRealizationOf cessation of suffering
impermanence
non-self
path leading to cessation of suffering
suffering
location Bodh Gaya NERFINISHED
Uruvela NERFINISHED
modernCountry India NERFINISHED
narratedIn Buddhacarita NERFINISHED
Lalitavistara Sutra NERFINISHED
Pali Canon NERFINISHED
precededBy meditation under the Bodhi Tree
renunciation of princely life
six years of ascetic practice
religion Buddhism
resultedInTitle Buddha NERFINISHED
significance attainment of perfect wisdom and compassion
demonstration of the Middle Way
foundational event of Buddhism
model for Buddhist spiritual practice
origin of the Buddha’s teaching
siteFeature near the Neranjara River
under the Bodhi Tree
symbolizedBy Bodhi Tree NERFINISHED
Dharma wheel NERFINISHED
empty throne
timeOfDay early morning
night

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Mahabodhi Temple complex significantEvent Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha