The ultimate goal for me in prayer is to draw near to God. . . to fall in step with him. . . to discern his will so that my life might be lived accordingly. . . to discover what burdens are on his heart that I might take them into my own heart, then pray them back to him.
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.