'Awakening' Bodhi has traditionally been translated as 'enlightenment' Bodhi is the opposite of ignorance, the insight into reality which destroys mental afflictions and brings peace As such, it is the goal of personal practice for the Buddhist, and the nurturing of bodhi in society in general his foremost interest
(from verbal root budhi, to awaken, to understand): awakenment, enlightenment, supreme knowledge "(Through Bodhi) one awakens from the slumber or stupor (inflicted upon the mind) by the defilements (kilesa, q v ) and comprehends the Four Noble Truths (sacca, q v )" (Com to M 10)
(Sanskrit and Pali: "awakening" or "enlightenment") In Buddhism, the final enlightenment that ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana. This awakening transformed Siddhartha Gautama into the historical Buddha. Bodhi is achieved by ridding oneself of false beliefs and the hindrance of passions through the discipline of the Eightfold Path. Though not supported in canonical texts, commentaries give a threefold classification of bodhi: that of a perfectly enlightened one, or a Buddha; that of an independently enlightened one; and that of an arhat
Sanskrit for Enlightenment Also Perfect knowledge or wisdom by which a person becomes a Buddha
literally means "awakened" Sometimes referred to as the wisdom attained from the experience of enlightenment
pipal, bo tree, species of fig tree native to India (sacred to Buddhists because it is said that the founder of Buddhism attained Enlightenment while sitting under this type of tree)
or bo tree In Buddhism, the fig tree under which the Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment (bodhi) at Bodh Gaya (near Gaya, India). The tree growing on the site now is believed to be a descendant of the original, planted from a cutting of a tree in Sri Lanka that had been propagated from the original; both trees are sites of pilgrimage for Buddhists. The bo tree or a representation of its leaf has often been used as a symbol of the Buddha