Writer: Bouawat Sithi The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to attain the state of nothingness or the state of no rebirth and no death called Nirvana ( Nibbana in Pali) through rigorous mindfulness meditation practice or Vipassana in Pali. A person who is taught and trained this way may gain a constant awareness of their actions and could do no wrong. The end of suffering is when all one’s desires and attachments are totally extinguished. The Buddha taught us that we are masters of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our minds before we act. If we act with a wholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a heaven (peace), but if we act with an unwholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a hell (suffering). Buddhism is not about them; it is about us.... it is about ourselves. It is not about changing the world to be better, but it is about changing ourselves to be better, and it is about selflessness...