The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study)
by Dr Kala Acharya | 2016 | 118,883 words
This page relates ‘Difference between Moksha and Nibbana� of the study on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. The Buddha was born in the Lumbini grove near the present-day border of India and Nepal in the 6th century B.C. He had achieved enlightenment at the age of thirty–five under the ‘Bodhi-tree� at Buddha-Gaya. This study investigates the teachings after his Enlightenment which the Buddha decided to teach ‘out of compassion for beings�.
7. Difference between ²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a and ±·¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism differs from ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism. Jainism, holding soul theory, expounds ³¾´Ç°ìá¹£a while Buddhism, rejecting the eternal existence of soul, expounds ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹.
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism is the liberation the liberation of soul from karmic bondage while ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism is the liberation of suffering.
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism exists in another world while ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism exists neither in this world nor in the other world, nor between them.
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism is to be attained after death while ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism is to be attained in this very life.
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism is to be attained by cutting off karmic bondage while ²Ô¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism is to be attained by eradicating mental defilements through attainment of noble path.
²Ñ´Ç°ìá¹£a in Jainism is a place where liberated soul remains forever.
±·¾±²ú²úÄå²Ô²¹ in Buddhism, however, is where there none of conditioned things remains.
In conclusion: I discussed about liberation according to Jainism and Buddhism. First, I discussed the nature of liberation, different concepts of liberation between the two sects. Then I continued how to attain liberation, where the liberation is, the means for liberation etc.