Discovering Buddhism - Samsara & Nirvana
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For this series you need to register via our website:
As today is King's day - the lesson will be only online.
https://www.maitreya.nl/nl/programma/db-module-9-samsara-and-nirvana-4/2026-04-27. This is a module in the foundational Discovering Buddhism Series with Annelies van der Heijden (at our center and online).
Samsara & Nirvana
Investigate what “samsara” is and how we are stuck in it. Find out what “nirvana” is and how to achieve it. All living creatures know suffering—this is the Buddha’s first noble truth. And many of us also know how ordinary pain can grow into extraordinary suffering due to the power of our minds. In Buddhism, these negative states of mind that lead to suffering are called delusions. They are a primary cause for us being stuck in samsara—the cycle of endless rebirths that ordinarily propels one’s mind toward more suffering. The good news is that complete liberation from the suffering of an afflictive mind (nirvana) is entirely possible.
Explore the meaning of samsara and nirvana with Annelies, and learn how to move out of a state of inevitable suffering to one of pure and irreversible peace. Find out how to develop your own determination to be completely free from suffering (renunciation) and its role on the spiritual path. Get empowered with practical tools for dealing with disturbing emotions up to the point of elimination, and reflect on the possibility of nirvana––and how that differs from enlightenment.