Abstract
This essay represents a novel contribution to Nietzschean studies by combining an assessment of Friedrich Nietzsche's challenging uses of and the eternal return with his insights drawn from Indian philosophies. Specifically, drawing on Martin Heidegger's Nietzsche, I argue that Nietzsche's critique of a static philosophy of being underpinning conceptual truth is best understood in line with the Theravada Buddhist critique of self and ego as transitory. In conclusion, I find that Nietzsche's eternal return can be understood as a direct inversion of nirvana: Nietzsche celebrates profound attachment to each and every moment, independent from its pleasurable or distasteful registry.
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