<p>the nirvana Gotama sought was a permanent nirvana.</p>
<p>being without sin will not stop suffering from hunger, heat &amp; cold, sickness, etc</p>
<p>the only permanent nirvana is the complete eradication of self-view</p>
<p>it is not easy to comprehend the hallucination of self-view, let alone discover self-view is suffering</p>
<p>for example, the self-instinct of gotama was searching for nirvana therefore it appeared illogical or counter-intuitive to find the self searching for nirvana was the actually obstacle to finding nirvana</p>
<p>therefore it took gotama seven years to find nirvana because 'self' is a strong instinct in people</p>

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<p>Why did the Buddha take 7 years to attain Nirvana?</p>
<p>Since he was a pure-hearted person who had never sinned, why not a shorter time?</p>

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Why did the Buddha take 7 years to attain Nirvana?
# Why did the Buddha take 7 years to attain Nirvana?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-25)

Why did the Buddha take 7 years to attain Nirvana?

Since he was a pure-hearted person who had never sinned, why not a shorter time?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-25. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

the nirvana Gotama sought was a permanent nirvana.

being without sin will not stop suffering from hunger, heat & cold, sickness, etc

the only permanent nirvana is the complete eradication of self-view

it is not easy to comprehend the hallucination of self-view, let alone discover self-view is suffering

for example, the self-instinct of gotama was searching for nirvana therefore it appeared illogical or counter-intuitive to find the self searching for nirvana was the actually obstacle to finding nirvana

therefore it took gotama seven years to find nirvana because 'self' is a strong instinct in people


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