# What The Nature of Nirvana means in The Pilgrim Kamanita

> The book explores the ineffable nature of ultimate liberation, contrasting heavenly paradises with the final extinction of desire and self, symbolized by Kamanita's eventual passing beyond all realms.

## Explanation

The book explores the ineffable nature of ultimate liberation, contrasting heavenly paradises with the final extinction of desire and self, symbolized by Kamanita's eventual passing beyond all realms.

The Buddha's contemplation of his imminent entry into Nirvana, the final rest from Sansara.

The esoteric teaching redefines liberation as identification with the all-devouring Brahman, where the robber becomes 'Lord of Creation' through destruction.

The discourse culminates in the description of Nirvana as the island beyond age and death, where all suffering ends and the delusion of 'I' and 'Mine' is obliterated.

The Buddha's silence on the fate of the liberated monk points to Nirvana as beyond conceptual grasp—neither annihilation nor eternal life as ordinarily conceived.

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