Buddhism and Nirvana

What do we mean by Nirvana? This is a conceptthe flame of a candle. To understand this, we have to
talked about a lot. Very often something is comparedknow how Buddhists conceive human personality.
to Nirvana when it is positive and pleasurable. This isBuddhists often compare human personality to a
the popular idea of Nirvana. But what the Buddha reallyflame. It is a fire that we fuel by all the Karma that we
experience when he achieved this state of Nirvana?produce, all the actions that we perform to achieve a
What is this that Buddhism seeks?certain goal or to avoid a certain state. All that karma
Nirvana is not a positive concept in an obvious way. Ifis like throwing logs on a great fire. And it burns
you think about the etymology of the word, it is quiteconstantly, changing from one moment to the next.
negative. It means to blow out. Like to extinguish theThis produces desire and suffering. Ultimately,
flame of a candle. Nirvana presents a hard and coldBuddhists consider that all is suffering.
image which, if looked without knowing the context inWhat Buddhists ultimately seek is to extinguish that
which it is conceived, we might think of it like somethingflame. Nirvana is simply the extinction of that fire. We
negative and something that we wouldn't want tono longer have to suffer in the cycle of deaths and
achieve. It's really different to the goals of otherrebirths known as Samsara. This is a basic definition of
religious traditions.Nirvana that I can give. It's simly the extinction of the
The best comparison that I can think of to try tosuffering that this life (or lives) produce.
explain what Buddhists mean by Nirvana is silence.To dig more deeply into what's going on here, you
Just silence. All the burden of our life is blown out, likemight be interested in this Site by author Pablo Antuna.