A complete and lasting freedom from suffering unaffected by aging, disease, or circumstance.
True happiness, the bliss of perfect contentment, follows upon liberation from suffering.
Awakening isn't transient experience of unity and temporary dissolution of ego.
It's the attainment of genuine wisdom; an enlightened understanding that comes from a profound realization and awakening to ultimate truth.
This is a cognitive event that dispels ignorance through direct experience.
Direct knowledge of the true nature of reality and the permanent liberation from suffering describes the only genuinely satisfactory goal of the spiritual path.