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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ek_rosh" data-source="post: 26672570" data-attributes="member: 507164">Muchan, although they try to say buddhas way is one of them it is not. There enlightment (or realization) is different from what is in buddhism.I have studied Hinduism, Jainism and bible for some extent. I dont say I know everything but from what I have learnt:Hinduism has different levels of enlightment: the basic enlightment is that to realize the body is not the person (or the being). The soul is the person concept. The ultimate enlightment is that seeing the god (shiva, bhrama..) or getting out from the darkness (coz, you wont see them while you are in the darkness) by letting things go. From my understanding this will certainly help attaining brhama planes but thats it.In Buddhism there is no such thing as a continuous soul. It is all about understanding (realization, enlightment) the thought process and work on stopping the progression (nirvana).Any religion is based on soul (exist) and non-soul (non-exist) except Buddhism. Thats why it is called the middle path, not because of being between self indulgent or self-denialalso, vipassana in buddhism goes up to 13 or 21 (cant remember exactly) steps. Jhana levels are in somewehere in the middle of these numbers. In Hinduism you dont go that far.  Although, you say vipassana is just looking at the body. It has lot more than that.</blockquote>

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