Nirvana

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Buddhism
Basic terms
Three Jewels Four Noble Truths Dukkha Suffering Samudaya Cause of Suffering Nirodha Cessation of Suffering Magga Noble Eight Fold Path Buddhahood Enlightenment Nirvana
People
Gautama Buddha Dalai Lama Bodhisattva Sangha
Schools
Theravada Mahayana Zen Vajrayana Nyingma Kagyu Sakya Gelug
Practices
Dharma study Noble Eightfold Path Meditation Chanting Metta

In Buddhism, Nirvana is the state of perfect peace free from reincarnation reached by not wanting more than you have. It means happiness and peace. It is every Buddhist's goal to achieve Nirvana. The Buddha described it as:

“the far shore, the subtle, the very difficult to see, the unaging, the stable, the undisintegrating, the unmanifest, the unproliferated, the peaceful, the deathless, the sublime, the auspicious, the secure, the destruction of craving, the wonderful, the amazing, the unailing, the unailing state, the unafflicted, dispassion, purity, freedom, the unadhesive, the island, the shelter, the asylum, the refuge...” (SN 43:14)

Related pages

• Moksha

Other websites

• Nibbana Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine - excerpts from the Pali Tripitaka defining Nirvana
• "Nirvana Sutra": full English translation of the "Nirvana Sutra" and appreciation of its teachings.
• Buddha - A Hero's Journey to Nirvana
• Salvation Versus Liberation, A Buddhist View of Paradise Worlds
• In-depth explanation of Nibbana according to the Pali Canon Archived 2006-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Explanation of Nibbana according to dmc
• Mind Like Fire Unbound - a discussion of fire imagery as used in the Buddha's time
• A Buddhist practice based on the four stages of the Buddha's enlightenment that lead him to Nirvana
• Nirvana - Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge.