Attaining the Supreme Nirvana

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Attaining the Supreme Nirvana
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Under the sublime guidance, blessings, and inspiration of:
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, t
aught by His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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In Bhagavad-gita 6.15 Lord Sri Krishna tells Arjuna about nirvana-paramam, the supreme nirvana. Many consider that attaining nirvana means to merge into the void or nothingness. But such a state is not possible because there is no such thing as nothingness. The real conception of nirvana, or the cessation of material existence, is to become completely free from the clutches of the material energy by being fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness. In other words, the person who has taken fully to Krishna consciousness is already situated in nirvana. Those who achieve the Buddhist nirvana do not actually merge into nothingness. Rather they enter into an intermediary area situated between the material world and the spiritual world. They can only remain there temporarily and then they come back down again into material existence. So, while they may get some temporary relief from material suffering, it is not permanent relief. If one wants permanent relief, he must take to Krishna consciousness and attain the supreme nirvana from which there is no coming back to his material repetition of birth, death, old age, and disease.

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Lord Balarama, being carried to His chariot during the 2013 Los Angeles Ratha-yatra
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