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nirvana
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What does nirvana mean?
noun
- Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure or peace; a state of universal perfection and bliss.
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So soon as through a succession of births and deaths it had perfected itself, it entered into a state of Nirvana.
When he tries to think about the future itself, his mind diminishes to a pin point with imbecility, which some call Nirvana.
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When he dies, Nirvana is his; he will be absorbed into the substance of the Supreme Deity and be at peace forever.
These had not yet attained to the opium-smoker's Nirvana.