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Mr Cool = R I P The Nirvana
Man is blissfully at ease. He is calm, therefore cool. He has cooled down by extinguishing the heat generated
by the turmoil within and without. He has attained his supreme goal – of quiessence – by detaching (from the distress of his inner or outer world). He has extinguished (i.e. as in nirvana) the heat within
by removing the heat’s cause, namely an unresolved problem.* Nirvana
(read: zero stress = zero heat) ensues when the inner fire that results from not-@-1
status (≈ not-atta ≈ not as inherent nature or essence) is extinguished.
The Nirvana Man ‘waits’ @ (a relative) rest (or relaxation) because he does
not respond (or contend). @ (everyday) Nirvana (No’s 2 & 3) a person has temporarily become liberated from the world (to wit, Samsara). @ Pari-Nirvana (No 1) a person becomes wholly liberated, hence ceases completely as a person. *... In the Sakya Buddha’s case the problem was distress, its origin and the means to its elimination. Victoria’s
Way
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