Samsara & Nirvana

By Staff

Monday, May 5, 2008, 15:32

Samsara is our ordinary worldly life and nirvana is liberation, moksha or bliss. We continuously experience Samsara with the hope of ultimately experiencing and attaining nirvana.

What we do everyday appears to be monotonous or troublesome only because we have kept nirvana out of these actions.

We make samsara a 'living aspect' and nirvana the goal. But what we fail to understand is that the path itself is the goal, not just the destination.

If bliss can't be attained while living, what use is it when we leave?

Nirvana is the state of ultimate bliss and is the very nature of our being or soul. We seek joy or bliss in all our actions simply because this is our inherent nature.