nirvana
(निर्वाण ; nirvāṇa)
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In Buddhism (and Hinduism), liberation; absorption in the Absolute |
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In Buddhism (and Hinduism), ultimate liberation from samsara (the cycles of rebirths or the flow of cosmic manifestation), resulting in absorption in the Absolute; the extinction of the fires of passion and the resulting, supremely blissful state of liberation from attachment and egoism. |
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