Friends:
The
Supreme Goal Ahead:
The Blessed Buddha Gotama once said:
The purpose of morality, is control
of behaviour.
The purpose of controlled behaviour, is absence of regrets.
The purpose of absence of regrets, is joy.
The purpose of
joy, is satisfaction.
The purpose of satisfaction, is calm.
The purpose of calm, is happiness.
The purpose of happiness, is concentration.
The purpose of
concentration, is understanding.
The purpose of understanding, is turning away.
The purpose of turning away, is disillusion.
The purpose of disillusion, is mental release.
The purpose of mental release, is
Nibbāna,
Final Freedom without remnants of clinging...
Final Freedom!
More on this uncreated state - Nibbāna (Sanskrit = Nirvana):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/climax_of_calm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Reaching_Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2_Nibbanas.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Nibbana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Nibbana_or_non-return.htm
Updated:
22 November 2009 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htm