[DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Buddhism -- Enlightenment - The Ultimate Goal [PAR] Enlightenment is not a mystical or transcendental state. ... to understand 
Buddhism, one must first have an understanding of the ultimate goal of Buddhism
. [DOC] [TLE] Buddhism Glossary - University of Wyoming [PAR] This should be contrasted to Mahayana Buddhism, in which the ultimate goal is 
to ... path consists of the eight steps by which a person can achieve Nirvana. .... 
This then determines the state of existence to which one is reborn after birth. [DOC] [TLE] The Path From Human to Buddhahood - BuddhaNet [PAR] Firstly, the ultimate ambition and goal of practising Buddhism is to attain .... upon 
the Buddha as their goal and hence determine to attain perfect enlightenment. .... 
be reborn as a human again, remain in this state until we achieve Buddhahood. [DOC] [TLE] The Gospel of Buddha - ITS Public WEB Computer Labs [PAR] Who shall restore us to a life of blessedness? ...... He has become the Buddha, 
the Perfect One. ..... He will be delivered from selfishness and attain the blessed 
state of Nirvana. ...... in higher states of existence and continue to be pressing on 
to their ultimate goal which is the ocean of truth, the eternal peace of Nirvana. [DOC] [TLE] World Scripture - Andrew Wilson [PAR] The search for happiness is basic to human life, and to the purpose of ... extol the 
ultimate goal of the religious journey as a state of intoxicating joy. ... Lao Tan said
, "It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect ... Buddhism. ... Qur'an 
13.28-29: 'Blessedness' means the state of internal satisfaction and inward joy. [DOC] [TLE] 16617 - Silk Roads Gallery [PAR] Amitabha is the fourth Dhyani (cosmic) Buddha of the Pure Land School ... exist 
in a blissful state learning the dharma with Amitabha as one's teacher. ... can 
attain the ultimate goal of Nirvana, which metaphysically is a formless, absolute 
reality. ... and establish a Kingdom of Perfect Blessedness in which all living 
creatures... [DOC] [TLE] Conceptions of the Absolute in Mahayana Buddhism and Shinran [PAR] Although conceptions of Nirvana within the Buddhist tradition have changed over 
the ... In other words, the individual can only attain Nirvana through the 
dissolution of ... of the Dharmakaya) remains the ultimate goal of human 
endeavour and the .... from the beginningless beginning, endowed with the 
perfect state of purity. [DOC] [TLE] Journal of Religion & Film: Wake Up! Gnosticism and Buddhism in ... [PAR] In part, the film crafts its ultimate view of reality by alluding to numerous ... [6] In 
the Gnostic myth, the supreme god is completely perfect and therefore ..... This 
duality between the matrix and the reality beyond it sets up the ultimate goal of 
the .... in Buddhism achieves nirvana, a state which cannot be described in 
language,... [DOC] [TLE] Practice - Won-Buddhism [PAR] But in the ultimate ... is perfect. To Requite Grace is to Offer Worship to. Buddha. 
Continual ... and evil cease, and the state in which words and forms with names 
are .... of Heaven and the silence of Earth do not bestow any direct blessedness 
and happiness upon one, one will naturally attain the might and the longevity of... [DOC] [TLE] Plenitude of Being - UU Ministers Association [PAR] We have tended to be vague and sentimental about our ultimate goals. ... 
Buddhism seeks enlightenment andnirvana, through self-discipline, meditation, ... 
Current concepts of psychology picture man in a state of becoming, stressing his 
.... and families gives warning as to how difficult it is to attain social plenitude of 
being. [DOC] [TLE] Humanities Diverse Faiths [PAR] For this, one must conquer the state of avidya, or ignorance, which causes the .... 
Many Buddhists understand the ultimate destiny and goal to be a heaven of bliss 
.... They urged individuals to strive for perfect virtue, righteousness (called Yi) and 
..... Those who do not achieve this blessedness are, after death, consigned to a... [DOC] [TLE] Dhyana - A Buddhist Library [PAR] This explains clearly that if one is to attain Supreme Perfect Wisdom in an 
immediate way,

Question: The ultimate goal in Buddhism is to attain this state of perfect blessedness
Answer: Nirvana