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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
*“ Nibbânam pariyesainnam ajátam anuttaran, yogakkhemam, nibbâ nain ajjhagamam, ajaram, avycidhim, amatam, ashokam, asanklittham, adhigatò khô me ayam dhammo gambhîro, quddaso, duranurodho, santo, panító, atakhavacharo, nipuno, pandita vêdanîyê.”
“That Nirvana which is to be searched after, is uncreated, unrivalled, realizable through concentration, free from oldness, devoid of diseases, deathless, sorrowless, painless. I have really known this nature of it. It is deep, hard to see, peaceful, highest, beyond argument or logic, and realizable only hy the highly learned."
In the face of the above statements about Nirvana, how can it be taken to mean extinction. Really speaking Nirvana is the pure essence of the soul which is uncreated, immortal, realizable through concentration, and cognizable by itself.
Majjhim Nikâya, Mahâmâlumba Suttatni 64.
+ " So yadeva tattha hoti vedanâgatam sannágatam sankharagatam vinnanagatam te dhamme anichhto
_* "निब्बानं परियेसमानं अजातं अनुत्तरं योगक्खम निब्बानं
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