Noble Truths, and the "summum bonum of Buddhism and goal of the Eightfold Path." In the Buddhist tradition, nirvana has commonly been interpreted as the...

Jainism, nirvana is also the soteriological goal, representing the release of a soul from karmic bondage and samsara. In Buddhism, nirvana refers to...

person attains nirvana, the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality. In Buddhism, saṃsāra is...

important for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Nirvana sutra uses the backdrop of the Buddha's final nirvana to discuss the nature of the Buddha,...

These descriptions of nirvana in Buddhist texts, states Peter Harvey, are contested by scholars because nirvana in Buddhism is ultimately described...

anatta. Insight leads to the four stages of enlightenment and Nirvana. In Mahayana Buddhism Prajna (Sanskrit) means "insight" or "wisdom", and entails insight...

In Buddhism, parinirvana (Sanskrit: parinirvāṇa; Pali: parinibbāna) describes the state entered after death by someone who has attained nirvana during...

then be termed the nirvana element without residue remaining. Parinirvana occurs at the death of an arhat. In Theravada Buddhism, the Buddha himself...

Nirvana may also refer to: Nirvana (Buddhism) Moksha (Jainism), the terms Nirvana and Moksha means same in Jainism Nirvana (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus...

the cessation of dukkha is nirvana, the summum bonum of Buddhism, and is attained in this life, not when one dies. Nirvana is "perfect freedom, peace...

scriptures in Chinese Buddhism include: Lotus Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra, Vimalakirtī Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, and Amitābha Sutra. Chinese Buddhism is the largest...

following Shakyamuni Buddha's death and passing into Nirvana in East Asian Buddhism. The Three Ages of Buddhism are three divisions of time following Buddha's...

breaking free of samsara, the cycle of compulsory rebirth, by attaining nirvana. Buddhism emphasizes the importance of the individual's meditation practice...

and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. In its soteriological...

the Great Vehicle, one of the three main existing vehicles (yanas) of Buddhism. The Mahayana uses primarily the Sutra teachings of Buddhist philosophy...

liberation may be called moksha, nirvana, or kaivalya; and in Buddhism it may be called vimoksha (Pali: vimokha), nirvana (Pali: nibbana) or bodhi (awakening)...

liberation." In Thai Theravada Buddhism, for example, states Paul Williams, some modern era Buddhist scholars have said that "nirvana is indeed the true Self"...

Pre-sectarian Buddhism, also called early Buddhism, the earliest Buddhism, original Buddhism, and primitive Buddhism, is Buddhism as theorized to have...

Anicca is in contrast to nirvana, the reality that is nicca, or knows no change, decay or death. Anicca is understood in Buddhism as the first of the three...

Pursuing Nirvana? Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Philosophy Now; David Loy (1982), "Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta: Are Nirvana and...

only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the extinguishing of craving. Rebirth is one of the foundational doctrines of Buddhism, along with...

cycle of existence, Nirvāṇa, is the foundation and the most important purpose of Buddhism. Saṃsāra is considered permanent in Buddhism, just like other Indian...

Compatible With Pursuing Nirvana?, Philosophy Now; [e] David Loy (1982), Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta: Are Nirvana and Moksha the Same?,...

Southern Buddhism, Eastern Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism are geographical terms sometimes used to describe the three main schools of Buddhism (Theravāda...

afterlife locations in Norse mythology Nirvana, concept of rebirth liberation in the Indian religions Nirvana (Buddhism) Neorxnawang, old Anglo-Saxon term...

History of Nirvana, pp. 62, 75, 105. Routledge. Hwang, Soonil (2006), Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana, p. 72. Routledge...

further study. Manichaeism was directly influenced by Buddhism. Like Buddha, Mani aimed for nirvana and used this word, showing the significance of Buddhist...

cutting through all fetters, one attains nibbāna (Pali; Skt.: निर्वाण, nirvāṇa). Throughout the Pali canon, the word "fetter" is used to describe an intrapsychic...

With Pursuing Nirvana? Archived 13 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Philosophy Now; [d] David Loy (1982), Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta:...

questioned how monasticism and personal attainment of Nirvana benefited the empire. However, Buddhism and Confucianism eventually reconciled after centuries...