nirvana
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9.3
- noun
- /nɪrˈvɑːnə/
- Specialized
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nirvana
- Buddhists believe that achieving Nirvana means reaching a state of absolute peace and freedom from suffering.
Yet his son sets out in search of Nirvana six years later, becoming the master of that more transcendent realm.
- Yet his son sets out in search of Nirvana six years later, becoming the master of that more transcendent realm.
- But I've been reading and hearing some things lately that it's like, it's not even about this Nirvana state of an empty mind.
Examples
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One attains Nirvana, or "extinction," and leaves the painful cycle of rebirth, or Samsara.
Academic text (1999) -
"Nirvana was a state of pure peace and spiritual enlightenment, the goal of Buddhists."
Fiction book (2002) -
If I am, it will mean I am getting close to Nirvana, maybe even the last stop.
Blog text (24) -
And if I have found Nirvana and I'm still alive, then everyone who is alive can find Nirvana.
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And this represents Nirvana or a moksha.
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The wise men of our nation say that nirvana is the attainment of a state of supreme detachment.
Fiction book (1992) -
A continuous cycle of life: birth, death and rebirth until we attain nirvana.
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In Buddhist practice, the idea of enlightenment, nirvana, or pure consciousness has at its center the achievement of emptiness.
Blog text (18) -
The reclining figure represents the Buddha just before he passed into Nirvana, ...having at last divested himself of all earthly desire, ...hence the smile of perfect contentment.
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To meditate regularly can help a person feel closer to Nirvana, a state of tranquility and happiness.
Synonyms
237
1.0
A very happy and peaceful state
192
4.0
A place or state of perfect happiness and peace
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3.2
A complete feeling of great happiness and peace
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8.6
A state of complete spiritual understanding that ends suffering and rebirth
1
7.9
A feeling of very great happiness often after prayer or quiet thought
1
3.7
A feeling of complete happiness
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4.4
A feeling of complete happiness and calm
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6.8
A place or state that has great happiness and peace
A state of complete spiritual awakening and freedom from rebirth
A state of complete spiritual understanding with deep wisdom and compassion
A state of complete spiritual happiness often felt in meditation
A very peaceful, happy feeling in quiet moments
A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person
A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness
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Etymology
The word nirvana comes from the Sanskrit nirvāṇa, where nir- means 'out' and vāṇa means 'blow'. It originally suggests 'blowing out' the fires of desire, so in Hinduism and Buddhism it describes freedom from the cycle of birth and suffering and a state of perfect peace.