Test review:
- Upanishads (all)
- Buddha Book, xvi-26
- Smith Book, 82-119

Nirvana: not like a heaven, but a level
beyond. Same sort of place as Moksha (Hindu).
Freedom from desire, state of bliss. Has 2
definitions:
1. This life = freedom from desire (selfish).
When you attain this, you are an Arhat.
2. A state of bliss after death, "Final
Nirvana" - nonexistence, impersonal
afterlife.

An-atman: no self or soul. Idea of a candle
flame. Your life is like a burning candle
flame. If you take a burning candle & light
another one with it, is it the same flame?
(Compare to soul in reincarnation.) Life &
conscience ness is a process, not a
substance. No identity (over time).

Karma: what you do in this life has effects
on your next one.
- No such thing as a person (an-atman).

Know the story of Hatred involving Dirgahayu
& King Brahmadatta. "Not by hatred is hatred
appeased. Hatred is appeased by renouncing
hatred."

Also, forget about the question involving the
Dhammapada. We will discuss that af