The Dhammapada covers the many aspects of the Buddha's teaching, and are to be used as a basis for personal instruction. His teachings offer a body of instructions explaining the true nature of existence and showing the path that leads to liberation. The Dhammapada is a practical guide to the right living, and is based upon the Buddha's own realization of reality. The teachings lead one who practices them to that excellence, and guide those …showed first 75 words of 339 total…

…showed last 75 words of 339 total…found that none of them brought him any closer to his goal. Finally, while sitting in deep meditation beneath a tree at Gaya, he attained Supreme Enlightenment and became the Buddha. In my opinion the only way to be enlightened is to not try to be. I feel if you follow the Buddha's teachings, and have a clear mind, it will happen when it is suppose to. Good things come when you least expect it.