[Buddha-l] question: nirvana in early Buddhism

[Barnaby Thieme]

>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'.

Well, what does that dissolution mean, practially speaking? Oblivion? 
Universal consciousness? Or is it beyond description?

Barnaby
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>From: "F.K. Lehman (F.K.L. Chit Hlaing)" <f-lehman at uiuc.edu>
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>Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] question: nirvana in early Buddhism
>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:22:13 -0600
>
>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
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