{"id":6952,"date":"2010-07-26T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T05:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6952"},"modified":"2010-07-27T23:27:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:27:05","slug":"of-nirvana-samsara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/of-nirvana-samsara\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Nirvana &#038; Samsara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6953\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/150.jpg?resize=130%2C90\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/150.jpg?w=130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/150.jpg?resize=96%2C66&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I have always thought that the Buddha&#8217;s Parinirvana was the end and that he would not be subjected to rebirth upon achieving it. I was surprising  that you mentioned that the Buddha still exists. And that he and all other Buddhas are still working  hard to guide beings to Nirvana<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Yes, you can see this recorded in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. (See the main article at <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/enewsletter\/42.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/enewsletter\/42.php<\/a>) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is impossible that the Buddha spent so many lifetimes cultivating for eons  just for the sake of teaching for 45 years, since he has infinite  compassion and wants to help all beings. <\/span>Also, if there are no Buddhas around, who do we take refuge in (in the Triple Gem)? There would be no enlightened answers to our prayers too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: <\/strong>However, I thought there was going to be an end to Samsara?<\/p>\n<div><strong>A: <\/strong>When one attains Nirvana, it is the end of Samsara for oneself in the  sense that one is no longer subject to samsaric suffering. As such, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">when  the Buddhas continue their work out of compassion to help various  beings, they don&#8217;t suffer, but do it with perfect ease.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I have always thought that the Buddha&#8217;s Parinirvana was the end and that he would not be subjected to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[121,57,212,105,389,328],"class_list":["post-6952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-buddha","tag-compassion","tag-nirvana","tag-samsara","tag-threefold-refuge","tag-triple-gem","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}