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Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; Pali: निब्बान nibbāna ; Prakrit: णिव्वाण) literally means "blown out", as in a candle. In the Buddhist context nirvana refers to the imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been extinguished.
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How can Nirvana (Nibbana) be permanent?
There is a famous set of verses of the Buddha that go as follows:
“All conditioned things are impermanent” – when
one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from
suffering. This is the path …
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How is Nibbana unconditioned?
The practice of the eightfold noble path leads to the experience of nibbāna, just like the act of adverting the mind to the eye door leads to seeing light. Light, the object of seeing, is saṅkhata (co …
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Nibbāna in The Progress of Insight
This passage is according to the abhidhamma treatment of the attainment of nibbana. The two to three mind moments (yes, that's what it means) are called anulomañāṇa ("anuloma~naa.na") - knowledge of c …
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Are "Saya Asadharana Nana" part of Nibbana?
Yes, the Buddha attained each of these knowledges at the moment of enlightenment.
No, the knowledges are mundane, and thus sankhata (formed). They are a by-product of the Buddha's specific enlightenm …
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Is there a "good" consciousness?
Is there a consciousness of nirvana?
This wording is a bit more difficult to answer. Since nirvana entails unbinding of consciousness, it is hard to describe it as being conscious of anything. … nirvana" - the latter is a bit of an oxymoron, I think. …
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What is the relation between Nirvana and Parinirvana?
What the Buddha experienced at 35 was called sa-upādisesa-nibbāna - nirvana with remainder. … What he experienced at 80 was called anupādisesa-nibbāna - nirvana without remainder:
“dvemā, bhikkhave, nibbānadhātuyo. katame dve? saupādisesā ca nibbānadhātu, anupādisesā ca nibbānadhātu. …
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Which of the following statements about Nibbana/Nirvana are true?
Nibbana is actually best understood as the cessation of suffering. The lakkhanadicatuka for nibbana is as follows (minus proximate cause because it is uncaused):
It has peace as its characteristic …
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Consciousness in Nibbana
There are two types of nirvana: saupādisesa-nibbāna (nirvana with remainder) and anupādisesa-nibbāna (nirvana without remainder) (Iti. 44). …
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