Just reading the Wikipedia page will give you a concept of the wide range of interpretations for the word and what (non)experience it may refer to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism) …
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Replying to @OortCloudAtlas @TomMostlyZen and
Of course the page doesn't even begin to scratch the surface, but it gives you a sense of how different the understandings of the word can be.
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The page is probably policed by religious fanatics who aggressively defend traditional views - many of them are.
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Probably. Just pointing out the wide range of views.
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I suppose that clinging to any particular view of Nibbana will lead to suffering. I note the changes and impermanence of the Nirvana Wikipedia page! :) I really like your podcast Michael.
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Thanks, Tom. Not trying to avoid your question, but just pointing to the difficulties of answering something like that on Twitter. One of these days I may host some sort of Lucha Libre smackdown event where various teachers fight for the supremacy of their view of Nibbana.
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I'll volunteer to be judge for that!
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You mean its not going to be a Reality TV show?
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I'm seeing it more as a live sporting event.
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Do the losers' teachings get outlawed thenceforth, like in Trisong Detsen's Samyé debate?
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Replying to @misen__ @OortCloudAtlas and
The losers are forced to rebrand as The Suppressed Truth-Tellers THEY Don't Want You To Know About.
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