Expert: Judy - 6/16/2011

Question
Why is Nirvana stores in some Sutra?

Answer
Henry,

Do you mean why Nirvana mentioned and described in some sutras?

If that's what you meant, then I hope my answer can make things a little clear to you.  Nothing is absolute; there are a lot of shadings besides black and white for everything.  The reason why there are so many different sutras is because that everybody is very different in understanding and grasping liberation, Nirvana, enlightenment, and so on....  In order to make whoever is reading a sutra understand life and how everything works more, there are different topics and emphasis in each sutra to explain things.  It's like that a 5-year-old would read a book written for a 5 year old, while a college student reads one written for higher education level.

Before you can read college level books, you have to go through grade school materials, junior high, and senior high materials.  All the sutras are like that.  You may not understand one sutra but another.

I hope I answered what you are asking.