Download Nibbana or Nirvana

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inextinguishable,
imperishable,
indiscernible,
uninterrupted,
, unattached,
inextinguishable,
infinite, liberation,
indiscernible,
indescribable……”
, unattache
“…..deathless,
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unmade,
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imperishable,
uninterrupted,
Nibbana or
Nirvana
“…..deathless, unborn, unmade, not compounded, imperishable, uninterrupted,
inextinguishable, indiscernible, , unattached, infinite, liberation, indescribable……”
• Nibbana is defined as the eradication of
greed, hatred and delusion or ignorance.
Theravada Buddhists call this ragakkhayo
dosakkhayo mohakkhayo ti Nibbanam.
• So…. It works like this: Where there is no
akusala, there is no selfishness. Where there
is no selfishness, there is no evil. Where there
is no evil, there is no dukkha. Our vision
becomes ‘straightened’ as Buddhists put it
and our thoughts are no longer motivated
by self interest. We are freed from dukkha
and experience supreme bliss. This is
Nibbana.
• Some people think that Nibbana is the
birth in a different state where one
enjoys all sorts of happiness. To them
Nibbana is a state to be attained after
death.
• This is NOT so.
• The Buddha not only said, but also
demonstrated through his own life that
Nibbana is to be realised in this very
life, while yet living.
What then IS Nibbana?
It is the state that every Buddhist hopes
to achieve
It is something that cannot be
described
It is not a place
It is not an event
It is not the same thing as death
So – What is it????
It means a ‘blowing out’
It is when akusala dies out
It is when a person is no longer
attached
It is peace
It is calm
It is serenity
It is contentment
It is happiness
It is purity
The Buddha’s
enlightenment
 Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened when
he sat under the Bodhi tree
 He then became a ‘Buddha’, an enlightened one
 He also became a Tathagata – ‘one who has gone
beyond’ or ‘one who has succeeded’
 After forty – five years of living in a state of Nibbana,
the Buddha died. This is described as entering a
state of Parinibbana, the Nibbana of no return
sometimes known as anupadisesa – nibbana
(Nibbana without the five skandhas remaining)
 This could be best described as a state of utter
peace but it is really beyond a person’s imagination
to picture it!
TheravadA and Mahayana
views
For Theravada Buddhists, Nibbana is
the point at which the harmful fires of
existence are at last burnt out
For Mahayana Buddhists, Nirvana is
also the ultimate in self – giving love for
all creatures (The Bodhisattva ideal)
This at first may be confusing, but we
should remember that
Nibbana/Nirvana can never be
properly described ! Sorry !