Tathagata the Transcendent 

A Transcendent One (Tathagata) is one who has undergone this paradigm shift, and He never dies. “He” cannot die, because “He” does not exist as a “Person;” “He” does not exist as a person, because “He” does not “personalize;” “He” does not personalize, because “He” does not experience the urge for sensual pleasure (kama tanha), the urge to be (bhava tanha) or the urge not to be (vibhava tanha); “He” does not experience the urge (tanha), because “He” does not react to stimulation; “He” does not react to stimulation, because “He” is introspective (satipatthana); Because He is introspective, “He” is apperceptive (upekkha). Because He is apperceptive, He experiences only “experience” (phassa); “He” does not experience “being” (bhava), or the existence of a “self” (atta); In “His” experience, there is no “experiencer,” or the “experienced”; There is only “experience” (ditthe dittha mattam bhavissati), which is dependent on conditions. This experience is not a relationship between a “self” and an “other.” In this experience there is no object seen (anidassana). It has no limits (anantan). It is all clear (sabbato paban). 


The Bodhisatta woke up from the “dream of being,” because He did not give in to the “urge to be” (bhava tanha) through personalization. The stopping of personalization (upadana nirodha) lead to the stopping of “being” (bhava nirodha). The stopping of being, resulted in the stopping of birth (jati nirodha), aging (jara) and death (marana). This way, He conquered death (mara parajaya) and became immortal (amata). This immortality was not however, the eternal (sassata) life of a soul. It was immortality through the cessation of personalization (anupada nibbana), and thus not coming into existence (bhava), and so escaping birth, aging, and death. 


                       
                     “Many a life in this tour of lives
                       I ran in search of the Creator unknown
                       But never did I meet him though
                       So painful is birth again and again
                       Oh! Creator, now I see you
                       Never will you create again
                       Your pillars are all destroyed
                       Your structure fully demolished
                       The mind has stopped creating
                       The urge has stopped forever.”


Therefore, the Bodhisatta, through the process of awakening, conquered death, became immortal, and opened the door to immortality, for all beings with ears to hear, having awakened from the “dream of being,” in a “world” threatened by death. He began His mission to free the world from the jaws of death, by awakening them from their slumber by beating the drum of deathlessness, with the words:

                   
                   “Open is the door to immortality
                     Those who have ears hear and be free.”