to the technical term Nirvana, extinction. Here is 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 ? )