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    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...
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  • Jainism, nirvana is also the soteriological goal, representing the release of a soul from karmic bondage and samsara. In Buddhism, nirvana refers to...
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    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...
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    These descriptions of nirvana in Buddhist texts, states Peter Harvey, are contested by scholars because nirvana in Buddhism is ultimately described...
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    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,...
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    Arhat (redirect from Lohan (Buddhism))
    then be termed the nirvana element without residue remaining. Parinirvana occurs at the death of an arhat. In Theravada Buddhism, the Buddha himself...
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  • anatta. Insight leads to the four stages of enlightenment and Nirvana. In Mahayana Buddhism Prajna (Sanskrit) means "insight" or "wisdom", and entails insight...
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    In Buddhism, parinirvana (Sanskrit: parinirvāṇa; Pali: parinibbāna) describes the state entered after death by someone who has attained nirvana during...
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  • Nirvana may also refer to: Nirvana (Buddhism) Moksha (Jainism), the terms Nirvana and Moksha means same in Jainism Nirvana (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus...
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    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...
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  • Moksha (section Buddhism)
    and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. In its soteriological...
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    scriptures in Chinese Buddhism include: Lotus Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra, Vimalakirtī Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, and Amitābha Sutra. Chinese Buddhism is the largest...
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    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...
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  • breaking free of samsara, the cycle of compulsory rebirth, by attaining nirvana. Buddhism emphasizes the importance of the individual's meditation practice...
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    Mahayana (redirect from Mahāyāna Buddhism)
    the Great Vehicle, one of the three main existing vehicles (yanas) of Buddhism. The Mahayana uses primarily the Sutra teachings of Buddhist philosophy...
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    liberation may be called moksha, nirvana, or kaivalya; and in Buddhism it may be called vimoksha (Pali: vimokha), nirvana (Pali: nibbana) or bodhi (awakening)...
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  • liberation." In Thai Theravada Buddhism, for example, states Paul Williams, some modern era Buddhist scholars have said that "nirvana is indeed the true Self"...
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  • Pre-sectarian Buddhism, also called early Buddhism, the earliest Buddhism, original Buddhism, and primitive Buddhism, is Buddhism as theorized to have...
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    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...
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  • Pursuing Nirvana? Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Philosophy Now; David Loy (1982), "Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta: Are Nirvana and...
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  • only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the extinguishing of craving. Rebirth is one of the foundational doctrines of Buddhism, along with...
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  • further study. Manichaeism was directly influenced by Buddhism. Like Buddha, Mani aimed for nirvana and used this word, showing the significance of Buddhist...
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    Southern Buddhism, Eastern Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism are geographical terms sometimes used to describe the three main schools of Buddhism (Theravāda...
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  • Reality in Buddhism is called dharma (Sanskrit) or dhamma (Pali). This word, which is foundational to the conceptual frameworks of the Indian religions...
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    cycle of existence, Nirvāṇa, is the foundation and the most important purpose of Buddhism. Saṃsāra is considered permanent in Buddhism, just like other Indian...
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  • Theravada (redirect from Theravada Buddhism)
    History of Nirvana, pp. 62, 75, 105. Routledge. Hwang, Soonil (2006), Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana, p. 72. Routledge...
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  • cutting through all fetters, one attains nibbāna (Pali; Skt.: निर्वाण, nirvāṇa). Throughout the Pali canon, the word "fetter" is used to describe an intrapsychic...
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    afterlife locations in Norse mythology Nirvana, concept of rebirth liberation in the Indian religions Nirvana (Buddhism) Neorxnawang, old Anglo-Saxon term...
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    questioned how monasticism and personal attainment of Nirvana benefited the empire. However, Buddhism and Confucianism eventually reconciled after centuries...
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    With Pursuing Nirvana? Archived 13 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Philosophy Now; [d] David Loy (1982), Enlightenment in Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta:...
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