It's time to get underway. In this first unit, we'll gain a clearer understanding of the early Buddhist conception of nibbāna, and how this relates to us in our practice and everyday lives.

Unit 1: The Context of Nirvana

In this first module, we have several aims.

• One aim is to contextualize this word, nirvāna. How it is used in Buddhist teachings? What is meant by nirvāna? How should we understand this in terms of our own experience?
• We will also explore the landscape of an awakened mind, and how that translates into the ways that we live: how we engage with the world, with each other, and with our own inner experience.