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Nirvana - Deistpedia, the Deist encyclopedia |
 | | Nirvana in sutra is never concieved of as a place, but the antinomy of samsara which itself is synonymous with ignorance (avijja). |
 | | It carries further connotations of stilling, cooling, and peace; the realizing of nirvana is compared to the ending of avijja (ignorance) which perpetuates the will (citta/mind) from passing thru samsara life after life, which causes (and is caused by) among other things craving, consciousness, birth, death, greed, hate, delusion, ignorance. |
 | | Calling nirvana the 'opposite' of samsara or implying that it is apart from samsara is doctrinally inaccurate. |
| templeofreason.org /test7/Nirvana.htm (1320 words) |
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