What is Buddhist Enlightenment?

What is Buddhist enlightenment or awakening? I'll look at three early suttas for indications of different pictures of the knowledge and results gained through enlightenment. Then I'll turn to how the picture of such knowledge and results changed in later Buddhist traditions.

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✅ Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/mn26/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn36/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/sn22.58/en/s...

✅ Other resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... (Oxherding pictures).
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/system/...
https://www.themindingcentre.org/dhar...

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00:00 Intro
01:18 The Ariyapariyesana Sutta on enlightenment
02:44 The “Three knowledges” picture of enlightenment
08:13 Nonself and the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta
10:16 Recap: knowledge and result
12:05 Enlightenment for the Buddha and for arahants
12:38 Enlightenment in later Buddhism
15:19 Deflationary ideals of enlightenment in Zen

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