WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hinayana monks did not believe in the presence of a God and held only the Eightfold path as the means to enlightenment. To them, the Buddha is not a God but an extraordinary human being. They believe that Buddha achieved enlightenment, and thereby the state of Nirvana, through his own efforts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and originated 2, 500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nirvana is the goal of the Buddhist path, and marks the soteriological release from worldly suffering and rebirths in saṃsāra. Nirvana is part of the Third Truth on “cessation of dukkha” in the Four Noble Truths, and the “summum bonum of Buddhism and goal of the Eightfold Path."

Detailed explanation-4: -In Hindu tradition, nirvana (more commonly called moksha) is the reuniting with Brahman, the universal God or universal soul. In traditional Hinduism, a soul reaches this state after living many lives in which it climbs up through the varna, or caste system.