Nirvana

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In Buddhism, it is basically a blissful spiritual condition where the heart extinguishes passion, hatred and delusion. ...
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(Sans.) According to the Orientalists, the entire "blowing-out," like the flame of a candle, the utter extinction of existence. ...
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in Hindu theory, a condition of happiness arising out of the absolute cessation of desire.
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Is a state of peace and enlightenment that involves being unaware of one’s self. It is a freedom from desire and the sufferings desire causes. Nirvana can be attained by following the eightfold path.
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Lit. Blowing out. Buddhist term for the 'exti nction' of the ego leading to enlightenment.
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blown out or extinguished as in the case of a lamp. Nirvana is generally used to refer to a material life that has been extinguished, ie for one who has achieved freedom from re-birth. The term nirvana is commonly used in Buddhism as the final stage a practitioner strives for. ...
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the state of peace and happiness in achieving freedom from the endless cycles of reincarnation. A state of freedom from pain, worry, and the external world.
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[from nir out, away + vana blown from the verbal root va to blow] Blown out, blown away; the monad's freeing itself of the chains of all its inferior parts, so it can enter into relatively perfect wisdom and peace. It thus is, for the time, living in its own spiritual essence, a jivanmukta. ...
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(Skt.): The state of peace transcending the misery of samsara; the goal of a practitioner seeking one's own personal liberation. Nirvana is not a synonym for enlightenment in the mahayana system.
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“extinction” – the soteriological goal of Buddhism; the final cessation of rebirth into suffering existence.
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(Sanskrit= ) Nibbána (qv).
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from the root 'nirva', to blow out, extinguish. Hence, when all desires and passions are extinguished the highest bliss or beatitude, reunion with the Supreme Spirit, may be experienced.
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The Buddhist state of enlightenment, a state of tranquility. (p. 181)
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liberation; final emancipation
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Sanskrit; literally, "extinction, blowing out"; the goal of spiritual practice in Buddhism; liberation from the cycle of rebirth and suffering.
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the state of enlightenment, in which the causes of rebirth are eliminated;
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Considered as the goal of Theravada Buddhist practice, it is the liberation from suffering and departure from the endless cyclic existence.
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Emancipated; etherean heavens; beyond the earth's heavens; the higher heavens.
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Buddha's remarks about nirvana, there is a unborn, an unoriginated, an unmade, an uncompounded and it lies beyond the the experience of the senses. A state of peace an reality. ...
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Buddhist term for self-realization.
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Literally blowing out; state to which a Buddhist aspires as the best attainable.
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A Hindu concept of God-realization, self-realization, or illumination of the consciousness.
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extinction of karma and rebirth
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A blissful state associated with having achieved unity with the Divine. See also Samaddhi.
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(S): Transcendence of suffering; cessation of birth in Samsara.
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Eden: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
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' (Devanagari , Pali: Nibbāna निब्बान -- Chinese: 涅槃; Pinyin: nièpán, Japanese: 涅槃, nehan, Korean: 열반, yeol-bhan, Thai: Nibpan' นิพพาน ), is a Sanskrit word that literally means extinction (as in a candle flame) and/or extinguishing (i.e. of the passions).
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Nirvana was an American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their 1991 album Nevermind, Nirvana exploded into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock called "grunge". ...
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Nirvana is a science fiction movie, produced in Italy in 1997 by director Gabriele Salvatores, starring Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono and Stefania Rocca.
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Nirvana is a 1995 New Age song written and composed by Rojotua, Loxatus and C. Max and performed by the Spanish musical group Elbosco. The song became a world success and was also used by Danny Boyle in the 2004 film Millions.
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Nirvana is a "best-of" compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in October 2002.
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Nirvana is a UK-based progressive rock band formed in 1967, primarily active in the late 1960s and early 1970s - and still sporadically active to the present day.
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"Nirvana" is a single by Elemeno P released in 2002. The lyrics reference the grunge band Nirvana and their frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide with the lines "I like Nirvana/It doesn't mean I'll shoot myself".
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Nirvana is a leafhopper genus belonging to the Nirvaninae subfamily and the tribe Nirvanini. Distinguishable from other leafhopper subfamilies by their uniquely shaped head and the presence of two preapical cells alone on the tegemen, they comprise some of the most beautiful and iridescent of ...
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Nirvana is the 15th episode of the US Television show Diagnosis Murder. It originally aired on April 8 1994 on CBS.
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