High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Buddhism, buddhahood (Sanskrit:buddhatva. Pali: buddhatta. Or (both) buddhabh va) is the state of perfect enlightenment (Sanskrit: samyaksambodhi. Pali:samm sambodhi) attained by a (Pali/Sanskrit for awakened one).In Buddhism, the term 'buddha' usually refers to one who has become enlightened (i.e., awakened to the truth, or Dharma). The level to which this manifestation requires abstraction from ordinary life (ascetic practices) varies from none at all to an absolute requirement, dependent on doctrine. In Theravada Buddhist traditions, it is held that the person attains this state on their own, without a teacher to point out the Dharma, in a time when the teachings on the Four Noble Truths or the Eightfold Path do not exist in the world, and teaches it to others.