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Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali:
nibbāna) is the
extinguishing of the p****ions, the "blowing out" or "quenching" of the
activity of the...
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imperfection rests with one's dispositions. When
preliminary nibbana with
substrate occurs (that is,
nibbana of a
living being),
constructive consciousness (that...
- /-ˈvænə/ -VAN-ə, /nɜːr-/ nur-; Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nɪrʋaːɳɐ]; Pali:
nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp) is a concept...
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Nibbāna: The Mind
Stilled (Sinhalese: නිවනේ නිවීම, Nivanē nivīma) is the
translation of a
series of 33
sermons delivered in
Sinhala by
Venerable Bhikkhu...
- is no
superiority or
inferiority in the
unity of
nibbana. Theravāda
exegetical works consider nibbana to be a real existent,
instead of just a conceptual...
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promise the
moment he had
reached the
supreme bliss of
Nibbana,
because the
bliss of
Nibbana was
greater and
transcended any
celestial bliss." Ānanda...
- The Mahāparinibbāna
Sutta is
Sutta 16 in the Dīgha Nikāya, a
scripture belonging to the
Sutta Piṭaka of Theravāda Buddhism. It
concerns the end of Gautama...
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which calls the
noble eightfold path a
stream which leads to a vast ocean,
nibbāna. A
stream entrant is said to be free from
possible rebirth in one of the...
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cycle of
lives with dukkha. By
cutting through all fetters, one
attains nibbāna (Pali; Skt.: निर्वाण, nirvāṇa).
Throughout the Pali canon, the word "fetter"...
- cool, they
might remark, "Wait a
little for the rice to
become nibbana". So here,
nibbana means the cool
state of mind, free from the
fires of the defilements...
