The Conception of Buddhist Nirvana c5.s19.2

c5.s19.2

we know it here down on Earth nor bliss. Vātsyāyana, the great commentator on the Nyāya-sūtras says that such a goal could hardly be acceptable to the average man. He puts the aversion of the average man to such a goal in the following words. "Is it possible that an enlightened man should favour a final Release in which there is neither bliss nor consciousness?" And he answers the question by a counter-question—"Is it possible that an enlightened man should not favour the idea of a final Release where all turmoil of life is stopped for ever and where there is no consciousness about it?"