[Buddha-l] question: nirvana in early Buddhism

[F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing)]

Basically, as preached in current Theravaada in Burma and so on, 
nibbana (Paali) means genuine cessation, namely, the dissolution of 
any semblance of self, or, more properly, the dispersal of the 
various khanda that, taken in a joint 'trajectory' through moments of 
consciousness (rebirths, if you insist), constitute the apparent 
'self'.
-- 
F. K. Lehman (F. K. L. Chit Hlaing)
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign