Look up: Nirvana

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   nirvana
   [n] - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
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   nirvana
   In Buddhism, and other Indian religions, the ultimate religious goal characterized by the attainment of perfect serenity, compassion, and wisdom by the eradication of all desires. When nirvana is...
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   Nirvana
   Nir·va'na noun [ Sanskrit nirvāna .] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism .
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   Nirvana
   enlightenment noun (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
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   Nirvana
   ` ;Burmese `NibbÄÂ?na` is a word used by the Buddha to describe the perfect peace of the mind that is free from craving, anger and other afflictive states (`kilesa`). This peace, which is in reality the fundamental nature of the mind, is revealed when the root causes of the afflictive states are dissolved. The causes themselves (`see sankhara`) lie deep within the mind (that part of the mind that Western psychology calls the unconscious) but their...
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   Nirvana
   • (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism. • (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration,...
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   nirvana
   in Indian religious thought, the supreme goal of certain meditation disciplines. Although it occurs in the literatures of a number of ancient Indian ... [13 related articles]
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   Nirvana
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   Nirvana
   Nirvana is a Hindu girl name. The meaning of the name is `deep silence, ultimate bliss ` Where is it used? The name Nirvana is mainly used In English. The name Nirvana doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Nirvana seems to be unique!
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    nirvana
    nirvana (nērvä'nu) , in Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, a state of supreme liberation and bliss, contrasted to samsara or bondage in the repeating cycle of death and rebirth. The word in Sanskrit refers to the going out of a flame once its fuel has been consumed; it thus suggests bot...
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    Nirvana
    (Skr. blown out) The complete extinction of individuality, without loss of consciousness, in the beatific rejoining of the liberated with the metaphysical world-ground. A term used principally by Buddhists though denoting a state the attainment of which has been counselled from the Upanishads (q.v.) on as the summum bonum. It is invariably defined...
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