The Life of the Buddha - The supreme awakening of the Buddha | What is Enlightenment?｜Spirituality

The account of the Buddha's awakening according to the most ancient sources, the Sutta and Vinaya Pitaka told by Ajahn Moneyyo. Hear how the Buddha was striving and succeeded in his quest to realize awakening - the deathless, ultimate liberation.Chapters: 0:00 Introduction and the practice of the Budhisatta before awakening 30:33 The first true knowledge - remembering his previous lives 37:41 The second true knowledge - seeing how beings arise and pass away according to their kamma 39:53 How did the first two true knowledges lead to the knowledge of the destruction of the taints, the third true knowledge and the four noble truth, unshakable liberation? 49:00 What are the "taints" (Pali: Asava)? 54:52 Bodhgaya - The place where the Buddha realized the supreme awakeningFor more Dhammatalks about the life of the Buddha, click on the link below:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbxbuMjfRsvxKRNGf2OpxFD322oyZzfWk Quoted discourses where the Buddha talks himself about his practice and his realization of awakening:Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikaya) Sutta Nr. 4, 12, 26, 36, 128 https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (Anguttara Nikaya) Sutta No. 5;28 and 10;81 https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN... https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN... Udana 1:1-3Long Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya) Sutta Nr. 9Two recommended Sutta Anthologies about the life of the Buddha are available for free download:"The Life of the Buddha according to the Pali Canon" by Bhikkhu Nyanamoli Thera https://www.bps.lk/library-search-sel... "Noble Warrior" by Ajahn Thanissaro https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/#No... If you are interested to visit the places where the Buddha lived, walked and taught you can read "Middle Land, Middle Way" by Ven. S. Dhammika, the best travel guide about the buddhist holy sites in India: https://www.bps.lk/library-search-sel... .