Buddhism and the Concept of Nirvāṇa
…ty and Freedom*, N.Y: Panthean Books, 1958, p. 165.
**44** I. B. Horner, “Early Buddhist Dhamma,” Artibus Asiae 11, no. 1 (1948), p. 119.
**45** For example, see M.II.25-29, S.I.221-222, Ap.II.544.
Eliade suggests that for the Buddha, salvation comes through attaining nirvāṇa, transcending the mundane aspects of human life and entering an unconditioned state. This transformation entails a metaph