often surrounded by disciples.

Final nirvana at death

In the Buddhist view, when ordinary people die, each person's unresolved karma passes on to a new birth; and thus, the karmic inheritance is reborn in one of the Six Paths of samsara. However, when a person attains nirvana, they are liberated from karmic rebirth. When such a person dies, it is the end of the cycle of rebirth. Contemporary scholar Rupert Gethin explains:

Parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni

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