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Re: What happens after enlightenment?
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Subject: Re: What happens after enlightenment?
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From: ranga@cs.umd.edu (M.Ranganathan)
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Date: 6 Nov 1995 01:37:30 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 503 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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References: <479a1u$oai@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <479a1u$oai@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Amy P Quach <aquach@hawaii.edu> wrote:
> In many books that I've read, it says that after death one can
>either be trapped in samsara-the cycle of birth and rebirth, or reach
>enlightenment. My question is: What happens after enlightenment is attained?
>The soul is not reborn again, so it must go on to another place. Could
It achieves a perfect state of bliss - also known as Nirvana or oneness
with the Supreme Being.
>it be said that the final destination of the soul is similar to that of the
>western view of "Heaven"?
In a sense it is analogous to Heaven, although it is different. Being
rewarded for ones good deeds by the Supreme Being is a little different
than acheiving oneness with the Supreme Being.
Ranga.
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