Usually the full enlightenment of Buddhahood – an omniscient wisdom whose nature is the permanent cessation of mistaken appearance and whose function is to bestow mental peace on all living beings. Ge [..]

1660s, "action of enlightening," from enlighten + -ment. Used only in figurative sense, of spiritual enlightenment, etc. Attested from 1865 as a translation of German Aufklärung, a name for [..]

the philosophical and artistic movement growing out of the Renaissance and continuing until the nineteenth century. The Enlightenment was an optimistic belief that humanity could improve itself by app [..]

An eighteenth-century European and American cultural, scientific and philosophical movement of thinkers. Using reason, they proposed changes to traditional society and the spread of knowledge.

An 18th-century movement that focused on the ideals of good sense, benevolence, and a belief in liberty, justice, and equality as the natural rights of man. Existentialism

A Buddhist term which means to have grasped the ultimate reality and escaped the endless repetition of birth, life, death and rebirth.

Seventeenth and eighteenth century European thought that placed great faith in science and human reason in dealing with social issues.

Enlightenment is a window manager and desktop environment for Linux and UNIX-based operating systems. It is also a suite of libraries known as EFL (the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries) to create us [..]

11.0pt">:  During the eighteenth century primarily in Europe and North America, an intellectual movement stressing the improvement of human society by the application of reason.

(n) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge(n) (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire a [..]

(n) in religious or spiritual use, a common English translation of the Sanskrit word Bodhi

a philosophical movement of the 18th century characterised by an emphasis on human reason and science rather than on tradition and beliefs. This rationalism had a considerable influence in politics, e [..]

Also known as 'The Age Of Reason'. An intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th Centuries. A humanist movement which emphasized the power of reason above all else. Tended to emphasize empir [..]

The Scottish contribution to the Europe-wide intellectual movement of Enlightenment in the 18th century was unusually rich, covering moral philosophy, ...

generally, to clarify information. In some Asian religions, enlightenment is the highest level of understanding and clarification. Eucharist

see Nirvana Eternalism

Also known as 'The Age Of Reason'. An intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th Centuries. A humanist movement which emphasized the power of reason above all else. Tended to emphasize empir [..]

Attainment of a higher awareness of the reality beyond the illusion (Maya).

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. * p [..]

(definite article) A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism. * '''1997''', Chris Horrocks