Attaining nirvana is not like 'going to heaven' as Christians often understand it.

He was now a Buddha, and claimed to have attained Nirvana.

Nágaséna: 'When a priest attains Nirvana there is such a place.'

The tide applies to the numerous men and women who have attained nirvana (q.v.)

Without such rites, a Buddhist loses all chance of attaining nirvana, or release from the cycle of rebirth.

When asked if a Buddha who had attained nirvana lived after death, he dismissed the question as 'improper'.

The object of his life was to attain Nirvana, that is, to attain a union with God, the Infinite Being.

What is it that suffers by karma; what is it that lies within the illusion, -thatmakes progress,-thatattains Nirvana?

Some people are born again; evil-doers go to hell; righteous people go to heaven; those who are free from all worldly desires attain Nirvana.