Faith is a key part of any religion as it forms a mean of strictly adhering to the religious scriptures, the concepts they center on, and helps in accomplishing whatever that particular religion requires of its followers. While talking about Buddhism, it would be better to define, like in case of any other religion, the fundamental practices it has laid down, and before realizing this, it would be appropriate to comprehend what forms its actual basis. In Buddhism, meditation can be considered, as the form of practice used to achieve the fundamental belief or goal, Nirvana or Enlightenment. Throughout this essay, the meditation aspect of Buddhism will be analyzed along with the actual need of achieving the goal.
             The term "Enlightenment" basically means, to give clearer views to; to enable to see or comprehend truth; to free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition. The main points to notice here are the truth, ignorance and prejudice; all three things that need to be dealt with in order to acquire pure Nirvana. Having defined enlightenment, we need to see how, by meditating we can rid ourselves of ignorance and bias. One needs to develop the ability to meet one's true spirit, to clear the mind of all its old programs and negative thoughts, feelings, fears, and anger. One needs to learn to be truly non-judgmental; to be able to shut down the conscious mind and thoughts, only then the internal voice can be heard. Every human being has prejudices concerning good things and bad things, and these help him relate to the different things in the world. To achieve a pure peace of mind, one has to stop listening to these biases and let the mind dissociate from the world.
             The truth is something inconceivable to the human mind; it is the true reality that lies beyond the tangible realm that we dwell in. So in order to grasp the truth, one has to learn to surpass all physical and material senses, and that can only be achieve...