Mindfulness and Rebirth in Heaven

Mindfulness, main one for all will powers, can create good person and make one reborn in heaven. So, it should be praised as “Upper life instructor” and kept forever for many lives. 

"Byearnestness did Maghavan (Indra) rise to the lordship of the gods. People praise earnestness; thoughtlessness is always blamed."

Thirty-three synonyms for Nibbana

1. The Unconditioned, 2. The destruction of lust, hate, delusion, 3. The Un-inclined,  4. The taint less, 5. The truth, 6. The other shore, 7. The subtle, 8. The very difficult to see, 9. The unaging, 10. The stable, 11. The undisintegrating, 12. The unmanifest, 13. The unproliferated, 14. The peaceful, 15. The deathless, 16. The sublime, 17. The auspicious, 18. The secure, 19. The destruction of craving, 20. The wonderful, 21. The amazing, 22. The unailing, 23. The unailing state, 24. The unafflicted, 25. Dispassion, 26. Purity, 27. Freedom, 28. Non attachment, 29. The island, 30. The shelter, 31. The asylum, 32. The refuge, 33. The destination and the path leading to the destination.

Another definition of the term Nibbana

Nibbana (Pali), nirvana (Sanskrit), is the highest spiritual state and the ultimate goal of Buddhism. The word nibbana comes from nir meaning ‘stop’ and và meaning ‘to blow.’ Thus Nibbana is the extinguishing or blowing out of the fires of greed, hatred and ignorance. Alternatively, it may come from nir plus vana meaning ‘desire’ and thus mean the ‘stopping of desire.’ When, as a result of practicing The Noble Eightfold Middle Path, ignorance and craving give way to knowledge and fulfilment, one attains Nibbana and at death is no longer subject to rebirth and all the suffering that entails. Nibbana is only the most well-known name the Buddha uses for this exalted state. He also called it The Culmination, The Further Shore, Truth, The Immaculate, The Joyful, Utter Peace, The Wonderful, The Pure, The Safe Refuge, etc.

The meaning of the term Nibbana

  Nirvāna (Sanskrit), Nibbāna (Pali) is a central concept in Indian religions. In sramanic thought, it is the state of being free from suffering (or dukkha). In Hindu philosophy, it is the union with the Supreme Being through Moksha. The word literally means "blowing out" in the Buddhist context; it is to the blowing out of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion.

   The word nibbanti, meaning extinction, this occurs in the Ratana Sutta. Etymologically, it is derived from ni, a negative prefix, and va, meaning craving. It denotes the annihilation of the flames of lust, hatred, and ignorance which are the root causes of suffering. The texts say: “nibbāti vattadukkham ettati nibbānam.” It means where the cycle of suffering ceases, there is nibbāna. At the sight of nibbāna, on the realization of the Path and its Fruition as a result of insight meditation, defilement s like craving and ignorance become extinct, thereby giving no opportunity for actions and results of actions to arise in the form of consciousness, mind and matter, six bases, contact, sensations, etc. New becoming does not occur. This is the extinction of the cycle of defilement, the cycle of action, and the cycle of results. Here, in this definition, the special quality of nibbāna is used metaphorically for the location of nibbāna, but in fact, nibbāna has no location.

To be Continued .........