user7309: If no thing transmigrates, and nibbana is cessation,
Is a perception of death - a perception of cessation, then akin to a perception of nibbana?

user-1: 
Is a perception of death - a perception of cessation, then akin to a perception of nibbana?

No, it's not - Nibbana is the only unconditioned Dhamma out of the Four Ultimate Realities (Rupa, Citta, Cetasika, Nibbana). Nibbana does not arise or cease and is not subject to the Three Marks of Existence, except the Third Mark: Anatta, which applies to both conditioned and unconditioned Dhammas.
It's an independent, existing reality that meditators/the mind can experience through correct practice (following the Noble Eightfold Path). It's an experience that is not like anything else one has ever experienced before and cannot be compared to anything in Samsaric existence.

user13375: It was taught to Anurādha,
That the Buddha himself
Wasn’t to be regarded,
As a real and genuine fact.
Not being a real and genuine fact,
How can it be that the death
Of the Buddha should be
Regarded as a real and genuine fact?
Not being a real and genuine fact,
How can it be that the Nirvana
Of the Buddha should be
Regarded as a real and genuine fact?
If the Buddha is not to be
Regarded as a real and genuine fact,
How can it be that lesser beings
Should be regarded as real and genuine facts?
The Buddha taught that
The death of a real and genuine being
Has never been perceived anywhere,
Anytime, by anyone.
Not being perceived by anyone,
How can it be that the perception of death
Should be regarded as the perception of
That which is described as the deathless?
Depending upon ignorance,
The fabrication of “death” is perceived.
With the pacification of all fabrications
How could such a thing as “death” be perceived?
“The pacification of all fabrications”
This is how Nirvana is described.
The emptiness of these fabrications
Is taught as a door to the deathless.

user43: Nibbana is cessation of delusion, cessation of ambition and greed, cessation of lacking, cessation of needing more, cessation of "everything is wrong", cessation of worrying about one's future, cessation of "i am better" and "i am worse", cessation of ego-centric hoping and fearing, cessation of taking reification of signs seriously, cessation of the need to escape, cessation of Path, cessation of Attainment, cessation of taking boundaries as something absolute, cessation of overgeneralization - just to list a few examples.
Death is merely one abstraction, one concept, one simplistic generalization - of many such ones that cease at Nibbana.
Perception of (someone's) death is making, while Nibbana is not-making. Making is constructing or shaping reality with your mind, playing a game of make-believe. Nibbana is cessation of playing games. They are actually quite the opposite, death and Nibbana.
The only aspect that I can think of as common between death and Nibbana is letting go.

7309: <p>If no thing transmigrates, and nibbana is cessation,</p>
<p>Is a perception of death - a perception of cessation, then akin to a perception of nibbana?</p>
 -1: <blockquote>
<p>Is a perception of death - a perception of cessation, then akin to a perception of nibbana?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>No, it's not - Nibbana is the only unconditioned Dhamma out of the Four Ultimate Realities (Rupa, Citta, Cetasika, Nibbana). Nibbana does not arise or cease and is not subject to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_marks_of_existence" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Three Marks of Existence</em></a>, except the Third Mark: Anatta, which applies to both conditioned and <em>unconditioned</em> Dhammas.</p>
<p>It's an independent, existing reality that meditators/the mind can experience through correct practice (following the Noble Eightfold Path). It's an experience that is not like anything else one has ever experienced before and cannot be compared to anything in Samsaric existence.</p>
 13375: <p>It was taught to Anurādha,<br />
That the Buddha himself<br />
Wasn’t to be regarded,<br />
As a real and genuine fact.</p>
<p>Not being a real and genuine fact,<br />
How can it be that the death<br />
Of the Buddha should be<br />
Regarded as a real and genuine fact?</p>
<p>Not being a real and genuine fact,<br />
How can it be that the Nirvana<br />
Of the Buddha should be<br />
Regarded as a real and genuine fact?</p>
<p>If the Buddha is not to be<br />
Regarded as a real and genuine fact,<br />
How can it be that lesser beings<br />
Should be regarded as real and genuine facts?</p>
<p>The Buddha taught that<br />
The death of a real and genuine being<br />
Has never been perceived anywhere,<br />
Anytime, by anyone.</p>
<p>Not being perceived by anyone,<br />
How can it be that the perception of death<br />
Should be regarded as the perception of<br />
That which is described as the deathless?</p>
<p>Depending upon ignorance,<br />
The fabrication of “death” is perceived.<br />
With the pacification of all fabrications<br />
How could such a thing as “death” be perceived?</p>
<p>“The pacification of all fabrications”<br />
This is how Nirvana is described.<br />
The emptiness of these fabrications<br />
Is taught as a door to the deathless.</p>
 43: <p>Nibbana is cessation of delusion, cessation of ambition and greed, cessation of lacking, cessation of needing more, cessation of &quot;everything is wrong&quot;, cessation of worrying about one's future, cessation of &quot;i am better&quot; and &quot;i am worse&quot;, cessation of ego-centric hoping and fearing, cessation of taking reification of signs seriously, cessation of the need to escape, cessation of Path, cessation of Attainment, cessation of taking boundaries as something absolute, cessation of overgeneralization - just to list a few examples.</p>
<p>Death is merely one abstraction, one concept, one simplistic generalization - of many such ones that cease at Nibbana.</p>
<p>Perception of (someone's) death is <em>making</em>, while Nibbana is <em>not-making</em>. <em>Making</em> is constructing or shaping reality with your mind, playing a game of make-believe. Nibbana is cessation of playing games. They are actually quite the opposite, death and Nibbana.</p>
<p>The only aspect that I can think of as common between death and Nibbana is letting go.</p>
