Nirvana vs Bildung

Defined and argued since “nirvana” entered first less than clearly understood into the mid-19th century “West”, there does seem to be something inhuman, or ahuman, in seeking to extract oneself into a peaceful silence (where there is no wind, as it were) detached from one’s daily life, tasks, “joys and woes”, than to be vital and human in one’s life. In other words, as if being human and nirvana were antipodes. Antipathies.