Nirvana is not Perpetual Happiness

Kenneth Leong
4 min readApr 8, 2024

Nirvana is a key concept in Buddhism. It is important to clarify what it means.

Nirvana is not a blissful state if you understand “bliss” as “complete happiness” or perpetual pleasure. That would contradict the Three Marks of Existence, especially the Law of Impermanence. It is patently wrong to define Nirvana according to our ego needs.

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Kenneth Leong

Author, Zen teacher, scientific mystic, professor, photographer, philosopher, social commentator, socially engaged human