Nirvana (Buddhism)
| Translations of Nirvana |
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|---|---|
| English | blowing out, extinguishing, liberation |
| Pali | nibbāna (निब्बान) |
| Sanskrit | nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) |
| Bengali | নির্বাণ |
| Burmese |
နိဗ္ဗာန် (IPA: [neɪʔbàɴ]) |
| Chinese |
涅槃 (Pinyin: nièpán) |
| Japanese |
涅槃 (rōmaji: nehan) |
| Khmer | និពាន្វ (nik pean) |
| Korean |
열반 (RR: yeolban) |
| Mon |
နဳဗာန် ([nìppàn]) |
| Mongolian | γasalang-aca nögcigsen |
| Shan |
ၼိၵ်ႈပၢၼ်ႇ ([nik3paan2]) |
| Sinhala | (Nivana) |
| Tibetan |
མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ། (mya ngan las 'das pa) |
| Thai | นิพพาน (rtgs: nipphan) |
| Vietnamese | Niết bàn |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Nirvana (Sanskrit, also nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbana, nibbāna ) is the earliest and most common term used to describe the goal of the Buddhist path. The literal meaning is "blowing out" or "quenching." It is the ultimate spiritual goal in Buddhism and marks the soteriological release from rebirths in saṃsāra. Nirvana is part of the Third Truth on "cessation of dukkha" in the Four Noble Truths, and the summum bonum destination of the Noble Eightfold Path.
Within the Buddhist tradition, this term has commonly been interpreted as the extinction of the "three fires", or "three poisons", passion, (raga), aversion (dvesha) and ignorance (moha or avidyā). When these fires are extinguished, release from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) is attained.
Nirvana has also been deemed in Buddhism to be identical with anatta (non-self) and sunyata (emptiness) states. In time, with the development of Buddhist doctrine, other interpretations were given, such as the absence of the weaving (vana) of activity of the mind, the elimination of desire, and escape from the woods, cq. the five skandhas or aggregates.
Buddhist scholastic tradition identifies two types of nirvana: sopadhishesa-nirvana (nirvana with a remainder), and parinirvana or anupadhishesa-nirvana (nirvana without remainder, or final nirvana). The founder of Buddhism, the Buddha, is believed to have reached both these states.Nirvana, or the liberation from cycles of rebirth, is the highest aim of the Theravada tradition. In the Mahayana tradition, the highest goal is Buddhahood, in which there is no abiding in Nirvana, but a Buddha continues to take rebirths in the world to help liberate beings from saṃsāra by teaching the Buddhist path.
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