Siddharta Gautama's Unique Path Towards Enlightenment and Nirvana

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will then be rid of the samsara, a term used to the '"cycle of reincarnation" (Yool 1993). This cycle is the individual's continued existence in the material/ earthly world through various roles and situations. The cycle of reincarnation can be good or bad, depending on one's spiritual attainment prior to his death. Thus, in analogy to the Christianity, wherein Christians follow the path to goodness in order to be saved from the fires of hell when the end of the world comes, Buddhism and its followers follow the path to clean living and goodness towards others and deprivation for the self (unselfishness) in order to avoid the cycle of reincarnation or samsara. Once samsara is achieved, then nirvana is attained by the said individual.
When Siddharta achieved the state of enlightenment and eventually, nirvana, he was then considered to be the Buddha. "Buddha" is the term or title given to those individuals who have attained enlightenment and nirvana after a lengthy and focused, ...

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but would have needed... refinement to attain Enlightenment as a Samma Sambuddha" (Goonwardene February 2002). By referring to the Universal Buddha, one who have achieved Perfect Enlightenment, the article supports the fact that Siddharta's new life in the earth world as a noble prince can be matched to that of a noble individual, but must be 'refined,' meaning the state of Enlightenment and nirvana attained by his previous self (Gotama) must also be attained by him, as the one who will be entitled the new Buddha of the Buddhist religion.
When Siddharta, living a comfortable life as a prince in his palace in Nepal, discovered the pain and suffering of human life outside the ...

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