Buddhahood

(skt: bodhi; tib.: jang chub) Awakening; Buddhahood. The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice, attained when all limitations have been removed from the mind and all ones positive potential has been realized. It is a state characterized by unlimited compassion, skill, and wisdom (omniscience). There are three types of Enlightenment, though the first two are not real Enlightenment, but only Nirvana:

1. Hinayana Enlightenment (Nirvana) of the Listeneres

2. Hinayana Enlightnement (Nirvana) of the Self Made Buddhas

3. Mahayana Enlightenment, which is the highest