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Buddhistic Nirvana is Imaginary 

Merging into Zero

But the Supreme Nirvana is Unlimited Bliss

Dear Harish,
 
We often hear about nirvana, but most people do not really know what
nirvana means. Nirvana means the cessation of all material activities. The
Buddhists imagine this cessation as a state of being merged into void
or nothingness. But this is artificial. There is actually no such thing. By our
very nature we are always active either as conditioned souls who are slaves
of this material nature, or as liberated souls who are blissfully engaged in
unlimited variegated activities in the spiritual world. Thus the supreme nirvana
is be fully engaged in devotional service, not being merged into nothingness.
This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 15 as follows:
 
 
yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ
yogī niyata-mānasaḥ
śāntiṁ nirvāṇa-paramāṁ
mat-saṁsthām adhigacchati
 
Srila Prabhupada give this translation of this verse in Chapter Four of his
book, The Perfection of Yoga: 
 
"By engaging the body, mind, and activities in the service of Krishna, one
attains the supreme nirvana, which abides in Krishna."
 
So the devotees achieve the supreme nirvana when they become fully
surrendered to Krishna.

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