What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism? Is it nirvana? What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism? Why should a person practice Buddhism, what will it provide to him? Various religions have various goals. For example, the ultimate goal in Christianity is everlasting life in Heaven through faith in Jesus Christ, while in Islam the ultimate goal is Jannah (Paradise). In Hinduism the ultimate goal is moksha, which means becoming one with the Brahma after death. But what is the ultimate goal of Buddhism? Is it nirvana? If it's nirvana then it doesn't seem to be a very great goal. The goal to achieve nirvana is basically dying and never coming back, because Buddhism believes in rebirth and the cycle of samsara, which it believes is filled with sorrow and suffering. Hence to put an end to this constant cycle of sorrow and suffering one should try to achieve nirvana. Am I correct??
But what is the ultimate goal of Buddhism?
To begin with maybe it's not entirely about, perhaps even not at all about, an &quot;ultimate goal&quot;.

Just as the great ocean, monks, gradually inclines, gradually slopes, gradually slants, certainly does not fall away abruptly, so, monks, in this Dhamma and Discipline there is a gradual training, a gradual performance, a gradual practice, it certainly does not have an abrupt penetration of knowledge. That, monks, in this Dhamma and Discipline there is a gradual training, a gradual performance, a gradual practice, and it certainly does not have an abrupt penetration of knowledge, is the first wonderful and marvellous thing, monks, about this Dhamma and Discipline, which, having seen and considered, the monks delight in this Dhamma and Discipline.
from Ud 5.5

Perhaps it begins with doctrines of morality, harmlessness, kindness, prudence, duty -- for well-earned (albeit perhaps temporary) bliss, for the sake of others ... and an &quot;absence of remorse&quot; (which should result from &quot;skilful virtue&quot;, and which doctrinally is one of the first steps towards towards proper joy and so on).
The goal to achieve nirvana is basically dying and never coming back, because Buddhism believes in rebirth and the cycle of samsara, which it believes is filled with sorrow and suffering.
That's kind of debatable, I guess. One venerable, on this site, wrote earlier,

I've talked about the subject before myself, and the conclusion I make is that it's not that Buddhists believe in rebirth, it's that we don't believe in death

Instead of saying &quot;dying and never coming back&quot;, perhaps you might just as well say &quot;living and never going away&quot;, eh?
One of the Buddha's titles the Tathagata and I'm not sure whether that means &quot;thus-come&quot; or &quot;thus-gone&quot; (someone said its etymology is ambiguous -- i.e. gata or agata).
And then there's e.g. this story from another Buddhist tradition (i.e. Zen), i.e.

If you think you really come and go, that is your delusion. Let me show you the path on which there is no coming and no going.

the cycle of samsara, which it believes is filled with sorrow and suffering
I'm not sure. Some schools teach that &quot;suffering&quot; is impermanent too -- that some &quot;beings&quot; suffer.
See also Did the Buddha really say that &quot;life is suffering&quot;?
one should try to achieve nirvana. Am I correct??
I'm not sure even of that: one &quot;should&quot;? Perhaps one &quot;will&quot;? Or that one &quot;has&quot;, even, the Buddha himself for example?
I like the &quot;four noble truths&quot; i.e. which say that perpetually &quot;craving&quot; for what you can't have, craving to keep what you can't keep, etc., is a cause of &quot;suffering&quot; -- and that suffering and craving are both subject to cessation.
Some people don't much like that message though (or the way in which someone might try to explain it), see e.g. How to explain what Buddhism is? -- see also Did the Buddha teach the four noble truths to laypeople?