Achieving nirvana is to make earthly feelings like suffering and desire disappear. It's often used casually to mean any place of happiness, like if you love chocolate, going to Hershey's Park would be nirvana.
What happens during 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.
How do you realize nirvana?
Achieving Nirvana
- Life is suffering.
- This suffering is caused by ignorance of the true nature of the universe.
- You can only end this suffering by overcoming ignorance and attachment to earthly things.
- You can overcome ignorance and attachment by following the Noble Eightfold Path.
