BBC Radio - RP
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British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)Transcript
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What did the New Buddha mean when he claimed to have reached Nirvana on that spring night? He had wanted to wake up his full potential is a human person not to be wiped out. Nirvana did not mean personal extinction. What had been snuffed out was not his personality but the fires of greed, hatred and delusion. As a result, he enjoyed a blessed coolness and peace by tapping out the unhelpful states of mind. The Buddha had gained the peace which comes from selflessness. It is a condition that those of us who are still enmeshed in the craving of egotism, which makes us hostile towards others and distort our vision cannot imagine. Nirvana does not given awakened person trancelike immunity but an inner haven which enables a man or woman to live with pain, to take possession ofthe it, affirm it and experience a profound peace of mind in the midst of suffering