Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris
23. What is Nirvana?
Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris
Arjuna Ranatunga [+]
University of Sunderland
Arjuna Ranatunga holds an MA in Buddhist Studies from the University of Sunderland.
Description
Nirvana (Pali: nibbāna) is the “good goal” of which the Buddha spoke; and to work toward this provides ultimate meaning to the life of a Buddhist. It is attained by those who, through purification in ethics, meditation, and liberating wisdom, have become “noble disciples.” These have seen it as a timeless reality beyond any form or suffering (Pali: dukkha) and any type of rebirth; and the highest noble disciple, the arhat, has fully experienced it and gone beyond rebirths