Nirvana
Buddhist concept of the cessation of suffering and liberation from samsara. Nirvana literally means blowing out or extinction—of craving, aversion, and delusion. Not annihilation but transcendence of limited selfhood. Nirvana can be experienced in this life (not just after death). Characterized by peace, freedom, and unconditioned reality. The unconditioned beyond arising and passing. Nirvana and samsara are not separate realms but different perspectives. Indescribable through concepts, known through direct realization.
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