How nirvana can be achieved?

Nirvana can be attained via any spiritual path within any religion, that is whether the religion or group believes in and teaches about Nirvana or not. There are many examples of this happening. For example there are awakened Christians who have a particular view about what/who God is due to their awakenings.

What is necessary for nirvana?

The cycle of rebirth and suffering continues until a being attains nirvana. One requirement for ending this cycle is to extinguish the fires of attachment (raga), aversion (dvesha) and ignorance (moha or avidya).

What happens after reaching nirvana?

Once Nirvana is achieved, and the enlightened individual physically dies, Buddhists believe that they will no longer be reborn. The Buddha taught that when Nirvana is achieved, Buddhists are able to see the world as it really is. Nirvana means realising and accepting the Four Noble Truths and being awake to reality.

What does nirvana mean in Christianity?

Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. The origin of the word nirvana relates to religious enlightenment; it comes from the Sanskrit meaning “extinction, disappearance” of the individual to the universal.

What religion believes in nirvana?

Buddhism
Although it occurs in the literatures of a number of ancient Indian traditions, the Sanskrit term nirvana is most commonly associated with Buddhism, in which it is the oldest and most common designation for the goal of the Buddhist path.

Is nirvana the same as death?

Originally Answered: Is nirvana the same as death? Nirvana is the freedom from the cycle of life and death( if you believe these things), whereas death is just a passage of travelling from one life to the next.

Is Nirvana a Christian concept?

A concept like Nirvana is not Christian. Nothing in Christian thought, terminology or metaphysics point to a state such as Nirvana. Therefore the teaching will have nothing to offer on the subject or ways leading to such a realization on that level. It is the same way for the concept of salvation.

How do you attain Nirvana?

To attain nirvana, you have to follow the exact path and methods taught in Buddhism. When you follow them, your vision, beliefs, and understandings are adapted to Buddhist teachings. It’s all about following the methods with your own understanding with proper knowledge of “Dhamma.”.

What is the difference between Nirvana and a dead Saint?

Neither a dead saint nor a blown-out flame have individual identities anymore. Nirvana is different from the Christian idea of heaven. Nirvana is a state of desirelessness; heaven is a state of having one’s most fundamental desire (for God) fulfilled.

Is nirvana the end of human existence?

Community Answer. No. Attaining nirvana may seem to be an end of material existence, but a consciousness at that state transcends beyond space and time. It is a state of absolute freedom; free from all kinds of spacial (distance, size, and volume), temporal, and material obstruction (forms, objects, etc.).