Rubin is partially correct in that nibbana is not an eternal state of perfection, but it is a profound transformation. Much, but not all, conditioning from the past is eliminated. Hi Vincent, Thanks for your reply. I'm about to conclude in agreement with your understanding that nibbana is a transfo...

I came across this while surfing, "... One of these is Jeffrey Rubin, author of Psychotherapy and Buddhism. Claiming Kornfield as an authority (89), Rubin moves the agenda forward by examining the claims made about Enlightenment by Theravâda Buddhism. In a chapter titled "The emperor of en...