The Conception of Buddhist Nirvana c5.s19.3
The Conception of Buddhist Nirvāṇa c5.s19.3
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c5.s19.3
The goal of Indian philosophical systems is Moksa or Nirvāṇa They start with the conception of whole (sarvam) which is divided into phenomenal life and the Absolute (Samsāra and Nirvāṇa) The phenomenal part is further analysed into its actual condition (duhkha), its driving force (duhkha-samudaya), its extinction (nirodha), and the means for acquiring this extinction (nirodha-mārga) It is not only Buddhism which preaches these four truths. This scheme is accepted by almost all the Indian philosophical systems.