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A term which refers to the continuous process of personal unfoldment, in the expansion of consciousness. A state of being which recognizes truth to be the guiding factor of life, and which embodies the principles of natural law that compose it.
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The final attainment on the spiritual path, when the limited sense of "I" merges into supreme Consciousness.
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Universal consciousness; traditionally compared to a mind full of light.
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
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A state of consciousness marked by the absence of suffering or desire according to the Buddhist tradition. In the Yoga tradition, enlightenment is illumination or union with the Self.
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The process or state of embodying the Divine.
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A goal of Buddhism: a state in which the practitioner has no desire or suffering.
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