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Nirvana Something very essential, which is missing from all the sort of books mentioned is the importance of the extraordinary Happiness which comes as a result of Buddhist practice. Indeed, it is this Happiness that makes Buddhism a living religion. People have asked me about the aim of Buddhism: in response to which I tell them about the goal of Highest Happiness [nirvana]. The Happiness of nirvana is something that can be ex- perienced in meditation and Buddhist practice at levels much lower than full-enlightenment. It can be exper- ienced through success in meditation, success in the generosity of giving and success in the practice of good self-discipline. The Happiness The Happiness which I am describing is no ordinary happiness. It is bouyant, natural, confident and spacious like a huge sphere of pure light about you. It is invulnerable from entanglement in the greed and hate which normally drag us down and keep us down, in the realm of living from hand-to-mouth. The ex- traordinary sense of this Happiness marks it aside from the things of the world. It allows you transcend the knotted world of everyday prob- lems and look at them completely objectively, like someone uninvolved. กั ล ย า ณ ม ต ร CO Kalyanamitra.org