steps for enlightenment

1) Identify the gaps in your understanding of things
2) Identify the means to fill the gaps
3) make a sankalpa or take a vow for enlightenment
4) make baby steps towards goal
5) do not hurry towards enlightenment

Nuggets of Buddhist wisdom :
1) Prayer : When you pray, always be clear about your objective. What you are praying for.
2) 3 types of people : a) Who are happy with life b) Who are happy with their own enlightenment c) Those who can help others also to achieve enlightenment
3) Gautama buddha prayed for helping others towards enlightenment in his previous lives. Intention is more important. If intention is there, it will happen sometime.
4) I will wait for my enlightenment till the last person is enlightened.
5) When you do a thing, always be clear about your objective