an extract from Wikipedia about Nirvana: Nirvāṇa ( Sanskrit : निर्वाण ; Pali : निब्बान Nibbāna ; Vietnamese : Niết bàn ; Chinese : 涅槃; Mandarin Pinyin : nièpán , Cantonese : nihppùhn ; Japanese : nehan ( 涅槃 , nehan ? ) ; Korean : 열반, yeolban ; Thai :