Each person has heard or asked himself the question: "What is the meaning of life?" In Western civilization, the answer to this important question may seem obvious: «Implement American dream», «Achieve realization in society», «Make career», «Become rich and successful». But even the richest and most successful person cannot always be happy, or at least completely satisfied with life. Sometimes people ask the question: "Why do we come to this earth at all?" Many answers to vital, burning questions are given by religious teachings, in particular, the most ancient world religion—Buddhism. One of the main, if not the most important, concepts of Buddhism is enlightenment. Due to the popularity of Buddhism, people in many countries around the world often talk about enlightenment. The concept of "enlightenment" is multidimensional, and hardly lends itself to the verbal description at all. Nevertheless, some people, it is known in history, have achieved enlightenment. Many people in the world are purposefully striving to achieve enlightenment. For enlightenment is not just getting rid of suffering, the illusion of earthly life. Enlightenment is the true meaning of human life. What is enlightenment and how to achieve it? The answers to many questions you can find in this course. It is important to understand that enlightenment is not something exotic, detached, intricate. Enlightenment, neither much nor little, concerns everyone. Does a person think about enlightenment, does he even know about the concept of "enlightenment", life itself, the very existence on earth pushes every, without exception, a person to improve, comprehend himself, understand the true meaning of life. Enlightenment is the main, if not the only, goal of human life on earth. This goal can be achieved in different ways. Over the past centuries, the world has accumulated a lot of experience in achieving enlightenment. You can learn about this in this course.