Help me understand the idea of Nirvana/ or the ultimate goal of the path

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blightmaster
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Re: Help me understand the idea of Nirvana/ or the ultimate goal of the path

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Well in that case just enjoy your life, just make sure you don't fall into hell. Theravada is only a handful of leaves after all. The Buddha was at one point reluctant to teach the dhamma because it was too advanced. I think this doesn't belong here since you're not a complete beginner. Please don't be too humble. We are all learning after all.
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Re: Help me understand the idea of Nirvana/ or the ultimate goal of the path

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Awaycup wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:57 am elimination of existence and living beings? … seems so contradictory … but still, the goal is to have no life.
the goal is to enter a dimension, a state of mind


absent stress and absent life as we know it


which is only good
Last edited by cappuccino on Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:29 am, edited 2 times in total.
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