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Nirvana is a state of mind


The average Central European usually has little contact with the
teachings of the teacher of all teachers, however the word
"Nirvana" has entered the vernacular. Mostly it is used
"wrongly", but since the knowledge of Buddhism is sketchy at
best, this is not even noticed. I send you to "Nirvana", which
stands for the great unknown land where I wish the people who
"get on my nerves" to go. So I wish you into nothingness, so the
misleading usage.


But what is nirvana? How do we get to this said land, and where
does the term even come from?


Generally, the term nirvana is used to describe the exit from the
cycle of suffering (the rebirths) through "enlightenment"
(following the example of Buddha). However, there are quite
different views, so also the comprehension of the circumstances
associated with existence is equated with nirvana.


In contrast to the Western view of paradise after death, however,
nirvana is not the place where milk and honey flow, but can be
achieved already in life, because nirvana is a simple state of
mind. According to Buddha, it is entirely up to us how we "feel",
whether we are happy or not. In any case, if we firmly believe in
the concept of cause and effect, then we are on the right path,
towards "enlightenment" and nirvana.


The three characteristics of existence are quickly recognized,
for all life is impermanent, corporeal, and empty, so that the
seeker, through neutral contemplation of these characteristics,
combined with the general detachment (cessation of attachments)
associated with them, then opens the doorless gateway toward
Nirvana.


The attainment of Nirvana is often also equated as a "break with
the world", since "enlightened people" pay almost no more
attention to conventions, since they have seen the true
connections. Here one speaks now also of the entrance into the
stream. It is precisely this peculiarity that makes the rendering
of Buddhist teachings so difficult, since the stream-entered
person can now often live completely self-sufficiently, no longer
dependent on the systems of society. But then he also does not
pass on the teaching, because he has reached the realization of
nirvana, has left the lower realms of incarnation.


For me personally, however, nirvana is a state of mind that comes
to those people who have chosen a life of peace and happiness
(and believe me, it is a choice, a conscious decision). Whether
or not "enlightenment" can then be achieved in a further step,
only time will tell.


Do you want to take this attitude of mind? Then the path is your
goal!





Best gift is health; frugality is the sun of wealth, most
faithful clan is trust, and nirvana is highest bliss.


- Buddha - "The Enlightened One" - honorary name of Siddharta
Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero





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