--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wgm4u@ wrote: > > > > Nirvana is Cosmic Consciousness or Self-Realization, ParaNirvana is realization of Brahman or Unity and the MahaParaNirvana is the great point of NO return where the Sadhaka (practitioner) drops the mortal coil and merges into the omnipresence, (unless he takes the Bodhisattva vow, another subject), correct me if I am wrong, but this is my understanding to date. Thanks :-) > > > > ******** > > Nir means without, vana means craving; nirvana is a state where all desires have been fulfilled (by living unlimited bliss consciousness without any limitation by the mind), so there is no craving which would necessitate another birth. Whether anybody continues to have a body after this point doesn't matter, as there is no going back to mental limitation. >
Thanks...after a little research I discovered the appellation of jiva-atman and para-atman used in Yoga differ a little from Buddhism, though very similar. Good link below: http://users.ez2.net/nick29/theosophy/lessons07.htm
