Question

The meaning of Buddha is___.
A)Anything beyond God
B)Soul after death
C)The enlightened one
D)The ultimate path for moksha

Answer 1

Hint: Gautam Buddha gained enlightenment under a Bodhi tree and was the seventh in the succession to achieve the same. He gained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in India.

Complete answer:
God is the supreme existence and it is said that once you have known God there is nothing left to know. There is nothing being God and he is the supernatural force behind all of the mortal world.

The soul after death passes on to the afterlife. It is believed that the essential part of the soul lives after death. Their stream of consciousness is still alive after the physical annihilation of their bodies.

The Buddha means the enlightened one. According to the beliefs of the Buddhists, a Buddha is born once in an aeon and Gautam Buddha or Siddhartha is the seventh one to have attained Enlightenment. He attained enlightenment under a Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya in India.

The ultimate path of Moksha is to know the truth. A person has to shed all negative traits like ahamkara to attain moksha which can only be provided by God. The path is open to all but can only be taken up by the one who is determined to tread the same.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: The understanding of each term is important to know the answer. Also the history of Buddhism and the process of enlightenment of Gautam Buddha helped us to know the correct answer.