Nirvana

In Buddhism, Nirvana is the state of perfect peace free from reincarnation reached by not wanting more than you have. Meaning happiness and peace, it is every Buddhist's goal. 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)
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 Related pages 
Moksha
 Other websites 
 Nibbana  - 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 
  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 led him to Nirvana
 Nirvana - Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge.

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