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Siddhartha's Enlightenment

Siddhartha realizes extremes don't lead to enlightenment, finds balance in the middle path, achieves nirvana under a tree, gaining omniscience and understanding of birth and death cycles.
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    Selects: Nirvana: Not The Band

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    • How can one attain enlightenment?

    • Is enlightenment in the context of the episodes "Jack Kornfield on Practice in Daily Life: Right Effort - Heart Wisdom Ep. 164," "Embracing the Moment," "The Spectacularly Bizarre Future w/ Duncan Trussell #375," and the clip "The Middle Way" about total disengagement from life's pursuits on a deeply emotional level, or is it simply a matter of annihilating attachment to any one state of reality, which is an ever-changing entity?

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