Nirvana is the completion of a person's personality

Master Xingyun lectures on the "Altar Sutra"

The Sixth Patriarch and the Zhidao Zen Master

How to discuss the meaning of "Nirvana Samadhi"? 

(Middle)

Nirvana, also known as complete tranquility: all virtues are called complete, and all obstacles are called silence. moral completion is round; When karma is completely exhausted, it is called silence. 

The so-called nirvana and complete death must have the four characteristics of "constant happiness and purity". In other words, nirvana and complete death are constant, peaceful, true self, and pure. Venerable Shariputra once discussed the meaning of Nirvana, saying: "Eliminate greed forever, hatred forever, foolishness forever, and all afflictions forever, that is called Nirvana." Therefore, Nirvana can be said to be the meaning of the completion of a person's personality, and the Buddha is on the Vajra seat, under the Bodhi tree, and is called Nirvana. 

Therefore, the meaning of Nirvana is: 

Nirvana is the highest ideal state of Buddhism. 

Nirvana is the Buddha's goal in pursuing the truth. 

Nirvana is the deepest exploration of the human mind. 

Nirvana is the most valuable life. 

Nirvana is the ultimate destination of life. 

Nirvana is a paradise of abundant happiness. 

Nirvana is the source of the universe and the foundation of all things. 

Nirvana is the most complete and pure state. 

Of course, Nirvana also has its levels and categories, and the Tiantai sect uses it to interpret Nirvana in terms of body, appearance, and interpretation of Nirvana, and divides Nirvana into three types: Pure Nirvana of Nature, Nirvana of Perfection (the result of practice, truly realizing that all dharmas are round, and breaking all afflictions into purity), and convenient pure Nirvana (the Buddha manifested his false body in order to save sentient beings, and entered Nirvana at the end of his fate).

The Dharma Xiang sect divides nirvana into four types: nirvana with pure nature, nirvana with surplus, nirvana with no remainder, and nirvana without dwelling. The original is the pure nirvana of nature, abbreviated as pure nirvana, which means that the original form of all things is the true and extinguished body, that is, it refers to the true nature. Nirvana without dwelling place is based on wisdom, staying away from afflictions and the two obstacles of knowledge, not stagnating in the maze of life and death, and because of great compassion to save sentient beings, it is active in the maze and not stuck in the state of nirvana. 

A person who has cultivated and attained enlightenment still has a physical body, and has not assimilated with Daewoo, he has the same body, hunger and cold, and hunger. According to the scriptures, the Buddha had two great disciples, one named Mahakasyapa and the other named Bintou Lupo Luo (that is, the long-eyed Arhat). These two venerables are still in the world, and they still have their bodies, which is Yu Yi Nirvana. 

In addition, as the Diamond Sutra says, "If it is oviparous, if it is viviparous, if it is wet, if it is metamorphosed, if it is colored, if it is colorless, if it is thoughtless, if it is not thought, if it is not thought or no thought, I will make it enter nirvana without remnants and destroy it." Nirvana without remnants means that there is no birth, no death, no birth and no death, that is, the elimination of the obstacles of knowledge and afflictions, and has transcended the segmented life and death, changed life and death, and reached the state of Dharmakaya, return to silence, and extinction, also known as great nirvana. 

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Selected from the "Speech of the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra"