Generally it is said that the nature of the Buddha’s enlightenment is too noble for us to express with words, because words are limited in their ability to describe the spiritual world. There is an expression in the Lotus Sutra: “Only Buddhas who attained the highest truth realize the world”. However, although we have not yet attained the highest enlightenment, we can perceive other levels of enlightenment. Thus, there are many expressions, descriptions, epithets, and parables in the Lotus Sutra to help us to perceive, sense, and feel the Buddha’s enlightenment and finally, to attain the highest enlightenment ourselves.
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