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Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; Pali: निब्बान nibbāna ; Prakrit: णिव्वाण) literally means "blown out", as in a candle. In the Buddhist context nirvana refers to the imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been extinguished.
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If there's nobody to get enlightened, why bother?
I mean if there never was a self to begin with, then who exactly achieved Nirvana?
Seriously, this line of thought is screwing up my motivation. …