That cessation of the experience of a passage of time, which you can only recognize retrospectively, is the hallmark of nirodha in Yoga and nibbana in Buddhism.
wrong
nibbana in Buddhism is when the mind is free from greed, hatred & delusion
Buddhists seem to be impressed by the fact that since all conscious experience ceases that means the person also has ceased.
wrong
the only state in Buddhism when conscious experience ends (apart from sleep) in meditation is the cessation of perception & feeling (sanna-vedayita nirodha or nirodha Samapatti)
this is not Nibbana & is not Dukkha Nirodha (extinguishing of suffering)
Nibbana is a completely conscious state in which the "self" idea has ceased
to quote:
Here a bhikkhu is an arahant, one whose taints are destroyed, the holy life fulfilled, who has done what had to be done, laid down the burden, attained the goal, destroyed the fetters of being, completely released through final knowledge. However, his five sense faculties remain unimpaired, by which he still experiences what is agreeable and disagreeable and feels pleasure and pain. It is the extinction of attachment, hate, and delusion in him that is called the Nibbana-element
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.2.042-049x.irel.html#iti-044
It confirms their view that there is no abiding soul/consciousness etc. etc.
wrong.
unconsciousness is not related to the Buddhist view there is no abiding "self"
it is seeing the how the "self" thought actually arises & ceases in the fully conscious mind that confirms the Buddhist view of anatta
by seeing intimately the subjective & conditioned factors that lead to the arising of the "self" idea is the Buddhist method
Any way thought I would offer that....
thanks but the offer is misinformed & unliberated
wrong faith leading to wrong method results in fear remaining
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