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Oh, CDM, always the easy questions with you - !!

Easy questions are most difficult to answer. You know that well.

Indeed. And on many occasions, when the Buddha taught on the inconjecturable, or imponderable, he advised us to accept the question existed, for sure, but to leave it aside, and not spend too much time trying to fathom it out....This would be a waste of time, effort and energy...
He advised and counselled us instead, to think and ponder on questions to which there WERE and ARE answers.... in order to focus our time, effort and energy on following the Path diligently, and on improving ourselves and walking towards Buddhahood, where possible....

THis is why questions such as -

"Is there a God?" (and hence, associated conundrums such as defining and divining the beginning/end)

"What is the strictest Law of Karma?"

What is it like to be a Buddha?" and

"What happens in the deepest state of a Buddha's perfect meditation?"

...Are pointless questions, because unless you are a Buddha, you cannot know for sure, and once you are a Buddha, they are irrelevant to the Present Moment....

These are the Four Imponderables the Buddha warned us about.....

THis is why questions such as -

"Is there a God?" (and hence, associated conundrums such as defining and divining the beginning/end)

"What is the strictest Law of Karma?"

What is it like to be a Buddha?" and

"What happens in the deepest state of a Buddha's perfect meditation?"

...Are pointless questions, because unless you are a Buddha, you cannot know for sure, and once you are a Buddha, they are irrelevant to the Present Moment....

These are the Four Imponderables the Buddha warned us about..... [/quote]

These is what the greatest Siddhas in India say. The first question is rephrased as - What is the nature of God. These questions are themselves answered when you reach nirvana.

Exactly so. And once you reach Nirvana, they are no longer relevant. They no longer matter....

Oh this is so nice....

And once accepted, all else becomes a non-issue, not even necessary to spend time on. Reaching nirvana only happens to few and then sometimes retreats because life just gets in the way. But at least we realize that we are one with the universe and satori is within reach if we just get out of the way.

One you reach Nirvana, nothing can change it. That is called sahaj samadhi. You continue doing all your work but always float in the bliss.

how wonderful it will be to be in that state of mind.I cant imagine :-)
How can one attain that,CDM Sir?
who can attain sahaj samadhi?
Who all has attained it?

Jesus and Buddha were always in that state. In India, take any Siddha and he is in that. This is the last stage of Sadhna.

Nirvana isn't a place, it's a state of being. if you think you can get there, you never will, because you are there already. It's not a destination, because it's rright where you are, right now.