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 one's action and could do no wrong. The end of suffering is when all one’s desire and attachments are totally extinguished. Lord Buddha taught us that we are master of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our mind 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 the 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, u