Manual of Indian Buddhism c5.s2.41
Manual of Indian Buddhism c5.s2.41
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c5.s2.41
In the first place we must distinguish between the secondary Nirvāṇa and the final or absolute one. The former Nirvāṇa, attained by Arhats in this life, is virtually the same as the Jivanmukti of the Vedāntins. It is specified by the addition of upādisesa or sa-upādisesa in Pāli, upadhiśeṣa with the N. Buddhists¹⁰, i. e. having the residuum of a substratum.