New wrote: > And of course the third premise I challenge > is the concept and label of enlightenment. > The term "enlightenment" in South Asian literature is the "liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth"; the transcendence of phenomenal being; a state of higher consciousness, in which causation are understood as maya.
In Adwaita, enlightenment is termed "Moksha", the dispelling of illusions. In Buddhism, the doctrine of enlightenment is termed "Nirvana", extinguishing the five aggregates from the cycle of rebirth.
