The Path to Enlightenment

Gautama Buddha was an actual person. He did not claim to be God, but said that he had found a Path to Enlightenment, and he shared it with the world. His teachings are based on the belief of three universal truths and four noble truths.

Universal Truths                                                                        

• Nothing is lost in the universe
• Everything changes
• Law of cause and effect

Four Noble Truths

• the Noble Truth of Suffering
•  the Noble Truth of the Accumulation of Suffering
• the Noble Truth of the Elimination of Suffering
• the Noble Truth of the Path that Leads Away from Suffering

The path to enlightenment includes
The Eightfold Path.

1.Right understanding   
2.Right Aspiration
3. Right speech            
4. Right action             
5. Right Livelihood
6.Right effort              
7.Right mindfulness     
8.Right concentration

These efforts together are said to bring peace, and lead you to the Path of Enlightenment.