A. Nirvana is another name of Emptiness that is Oneness, non-duality. When we realise Emptiness, that is, when we can see everything as the same as one, we feel oneness with one another. Then, what is beneficial to you is beneficial to all, and what is harmful to you is harmful to all. What is good to others is good to you, and what is bad to others is bad to you.
Then, one’s gain is another’s gain, and one’s loss is another’s loss. In this state when misfortune happens to any of us, all lament, and when fortune happens to any of us, all are happy. This means that the state in which Jesus’s words ‘Love your neighbours as yourself’ materialises. This is referred to as the Pure Land that is opposite to the mundane world where one’s gain is another’s loss, and one’s misfortune is another’s fortune.
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