Just as fire is not stored up in any particular place but arises when the necessary conditions exist, so Nirvana is not said to be existing in any particular place, but is attained when the necessary conditions are fulfilled.
What attains Nirvana? This question must necessarily be set aside as irrelevant for Buddhism denies the existence of a permanent entity or an immortal soul. As right now and here there is neither a permanent ego nor an identical being, it is needless to say there is no "I" in Nirvana.
~Narada
If any teach Nirvana is to cease,
Say unto such they lie.
If any teach Nirvana is to live,
Say unto such they err.
~Sir Edwin Arnold
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