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View submission: Is nirvana a permanent state?
In Buddhism, nirvana is considered a permanent state, but it’s important to understand what that really means. Nirvana is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice, representing the end of suffering, desire, and attachment, as well as the cessation of the cycle of rebirth (samsara). When someone reaches nirvana, they are liberated from the causes of suffering, which are tied to ignorance, craving, and aversion.
The permanence of nirvana lies in its nature as a state beyond the fluctuations of the material world. Once attained, nirvana is not subject to change or decay because it represents the extinguishing of the “self” or ego, and the end of all forms of attachment. Unlike worldly experiences, which are impermanent and influenced by external conditions, nirvana is seen as transcendent and unconditioned, free from the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth.
However, it’s important to note that nirvana isn’t viewed as a “place” or “thing” you can grasp. It’s a state of being—complete peace and freedom from suffering—so it’s “permanent” in the sense that it is unchanging once realized. But it doesn’t involve an ongoing personal experience in the same way we think of permanent states in the physical world. It’s beyond concepts of time and individuality. So, it’s permanent in a spiritual sense, but not permanent in a materialistic or egoic sense.
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