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View submission: Is nirvana a permanent state?
Nirvana is the unconditioned reality. Meaning it doesn't arise, nor is it dependent on any other requisite causes or conditions. It doesn't change nor cease. It always is. This is why it's called 'awakening'. It's as if it's buried deep within each individual, but is blocked by the defilements of the mind, such as ignorance and craving.
According to the doctrine of Dependent Origination, there is the arising of dukkha and the cessation of dukkha. Think of it like the arising of a problem, then the cessation of said problem. You are not annihilated, dukkha is.
Comment by redsparks2025 at 23/02/2025 at 21:49 UTC*
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Well that is false. If your description of nirvana was correct then we would all be awakened right now and therefore there would be no need for anyone to pursue nirvana.
Nirvana is the "*blowing out*" or "*quenching*" of the activity of the grasping mind and its related unease. This takes effort. Even sudden awakening [1]needs a spark to ignite that awakening.