2007-11-27 13:11:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I thought nirvana is where one goes to after escaping the cycle of rebirth.
2007-11-27 13:17:29 · update #1
Nirvana is a state of enlightenment free from the array of negative human emotions which abound within the mind. Heaven is a place where born again christians go when they die. It is a utopia.
The individual definition of Nirvana will vary from culture to culture.
2007-11-27 13:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by Tim N 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The main differance is that Nirvana is a state of mind while still in physical form. While Heaven is a place "some" go after death
2007-11-27 13:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Bishop Rashad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm hearing nirvana for the first time and have no idea what it means, but i know heaven is the abode of God.
It is also used to refer to the place God has reserved for those who have a relationship with Him. Anyone who dies in sin WILL NOT enter into heaven. (But nothing that is impure will enter the city[heaven], nor anyone who does shameful things or tells lies. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of the living will enter the city - Rev. 21 vs 27)
2007-11-27 13:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by toammyb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana is fake - and heaven is real. I prefer to know that I will enter heaven after I die, not because I deserve to be there, or have lived a lot of lives before I reach "nirvana" - because heaven means that God loved me enough to make a way for me to enter heaven- through the shed blood of Christ.
2007-11-27 13:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nirvana is somewhat a state of perfection only while Heaven is some kind of a 'place' where holy people enjoy eternity with God.
2007-11-27 13:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by bantugan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana is something someone dreamed up to feel good about. Heaven is real and where all true believers in Jesus Christ will go to. God says so.
2007-11-27 13:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by David R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana : The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained disinterested wisdom and compassion, hence exiting from the cycle of rebirth.
Heaven : the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life.
So .... what is the similarity that promote you to look for the difference?
2007-11-27 13:23:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heaven is a realm in which a state like nirvana exists.
Nirvana is simply of state of no worldly ills only joy.
2007-11-27 13:16:31 · answer #8 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nirvana is being in a state of complete nothingness. Heaven is peace, paradise and complete state of fulfillment.
2007-11-27 13:32:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is much difference myself. I think each is when someone gets to such a state where they merge with God completely. Though it could be argued that heaven is another plane of existence. Either way I assume one would escape rebirth.
2007-11-27 13:18:17 · answer #10 · answered by An Independent 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋