The word “Buddha” is an honorific title meaning, “a person enlightened to the ultimate reality of life.” A Buddha understands that all existence, all life, both animate and inanimate, and all occurrences are the expression of one mystic entity permeating every realm of existence without any time restriction. This mystic entity or law is the same as Buddha’s life itself and is the same as our life.
The purpose of the teachings of Buddhism is to enable all people, regardless of our present life condition, to fuse our lives with the life of the Buddha and experience the Buddha nature that exists within our lives to achieve true happiness. Several things are happening when this occurs: First, we purify our lives, second, we eradicate our negative karma and, third, we experience enlightenment. Ultimately, the aim is to create a truly peaceful society.