Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is the extinguishing of the passions, the "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activity of the...

/-ˈvænə/ -⁠VAN-ə, /nɜːr-/ nur-; Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa [nɪrʋaːɳɐ]; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp) is a concept...

imperfection rests with one's dispositions. When preliminary nibbana with substrate occurs (that is, nibbana of a living being), constructive consciousness, that...

Nibbāna: The Mind Stilled (Sinhalese: නිවනේ නිවීම, Nivanē nivīma) is the translation of a series of 33 sermons delivered in Sinhala by Venerable Bhikkhu...

promise the moment he had reached the supreme bliss of Nibbana, because the bliss of Nibbana was greater and transcended any celestial bliss." Ānanda...

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...

of his life in the Pure Abodes. Such a being is called "one who reaches Nibbāna within the first half of the life" (Sanskrit: antarāparinirvāyin; Pali:...

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...

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...

instead. Ṭhānissaro and others use the term "unbinding" when discussing nibbana. Ṭhānissaro says that our sense of self is an activity, and a strategy...

which calls the noble eightfold path a stream which leads to a vast ocean, nibbāna. Entering the stream (sotāpatti) is the first of the four stages of enlightenment...

a collection of sermons on Nibbana that was initially published in Sinhala and later in English translation, titled Nibbana - The Mind Stilled. The sermons...

right concentration. The attainment of nirodha leads to the realization of Nibbana (also known as Nirvana), a state of perfect peace and freedom from suffering...

cycle of lives with dukkha. By cutting through all fetters, one attains nibbāna (Pali; Skt.: निर्वाण, nirvāṇa). Throughout the Pali canon, the word "fetter"...

Buddhist festival. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Nibbāna), and passing (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism...

further "Noble" Buddhist practice (connected with the Supramundane goal of Nibbana, "Unbinding"). This level of attainment is viewed as a proper aim for laypersons...

to dispassion, to cessation, to calm, to knowledge, to awakening, to Nibbana", and moved on to become a student of Udraka Rāmaputra (Pali: Udaka Ramaputta)...

contemplation the mental eye … shifts its focus to the unconditioned state, Nibbana ..." A similar although in some ways slightly broader definition is provided...

special vows, are called sāvakas. Such enlightened disciples obtained nibbāṇa by hearing the dhamma as initially taught by a sammasambuddha. A Sāvakabuddha...

Nibbana "means enough control over passion so as to enable one to walk on the path of righteousness". Ambedkar's interpretation of dukkha and nibbana...

five aggregates, then after his heavenly life, this disciple will reach nibbāna. Even if one is not a disciple, one will still attain the heavenly life...

believe in another faiths. The proponents of these faiths proposed that Nibbana's state of bliss could be attained in the current life. They based their...

("insight", "clear-seeing") meditation is said to pass through on the way to nibbana. This "progress of insight" (Visuddhiñana-katha) is outlined in various...

contemplation the mental eye ... shifts its focus to the unconditioned state, Nibbana...." A similar although in some ways slightly broader definition is provided...

conditioning stops. This process stops the process of birth and death, i.e. nibbāna. It also depicts the “wheel of time”. The twelve causal links, paired with...

insight are "the swift pair of messengers" who deliver the message of nibbāna (Pāli; Skt.: nirvāṇa) via the noble eightfold path: These two qualities...

Buddhism. The cessation of the kleshas and the attainment of nirvana (nibbāna), with which the cycle of rebirth ends, has been the primary and the soteriological...

For the sutta see [5]. Nanavira Thera, Nibbana and Anatta. [6]. Early Writings -> Nibbana and Anatta -> Nibbana, Atta, and Anatta. Paul Williams, Mahayana...

extinguished; extinction, cessation, vanishing, disappearance) → nivvāṇa → nibbāna Total assimilation, where one sound becomes identical to a neighboring...

including meditation, teaching, walking, naga, peace, rain, and reclining (Nibbana). Tan, Noel Hidalgo (2018). "Rock art at the cave of a thousand Buddhas...