When a buddhist eventually reaches Nibbana, does he peacefully just cease to exist when he dies ?

Answer 1

Similar question was put to the Buddha during his lifetime.
Hope the following dialogue between the Buddha and Anuradha would be of help to you.

Buddha: "Do you regard the form as a Tathagata?"
Anuradha:"No,Sir."
Buddha: "Do you see a Tathagata in the form?"
Anuradha:"No,Sir."
Buddha: "Do you see a Tathagata apart from form?"
Anuradha:"No,Sir."
Buddha: "Do you see a Tathagata in feeling,perception,formative tendencies,and consciousness?"
Anuradha:"No,Sir."
Buddha: "Do you regard that which is without form,feeling,perception,formative tendencies and consciousness as a Tathagata?"
Anuradha:"No,Sir."
Buddha:Since a Tathagata is not to be found in this very life,is it proper for you to say:"This noble and supreme one has pointed out and explained these four propositions:

A Tathagata exists after death;
A Tathagata does not exist after death;
A Tathagata exists and yet does not exist after death;
A Tathagata neither exists nor does not exist after death?"

Anuradha:"No,Sir."

The above dialogue between the Buddha and Anuradha may not be satisfactory to many,since it does not satisfy the inquiring mind of the people looking for answers from a materialist point of view.The Dhamma(Truth) is such that it does not give satisfaction to the emotion and interllect.Truth happens to be the most difficult thing for people to comprehend.It can only be fully comprehended by Insight which transcends logic.

Answer 2

First understand that Nirvana is not the same thing as Enlightenment. Nirvana is only the liberation from a worldly ego and worldly desires. Enlightenment is the harmony of being truly awakened. Passing from this life is another consideration altogether. Thus what to you may be a violent or brutal death may be perceived differently by either an enlightened one or a renounciate, and such a one will invariably be liberated from any worldly notions of suffering .

Answer 3

A Buddhist never reaches Nirvana because there is no such thing. If he dies as a Buddhist, he has rejected Christ, and so has chosen to spend eternity separated from God, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Frightful choice!

Answer 4

No,
When a Buddhist reaches total enlightenment, they
become as a god. Total awareness and a being of light. They do not exist in one single plane, but in all dimensions.

Answer 5

its self practice and one has to undergo to understand
who ever has done it they can't tell u.