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nirvana

nirvana In this historical source, nirvana is a state of blissful repose and release from the cycle of death and rebirth, reached when the drive toward separate individual existence has been extinguished.

In this historical source, nirvana is a state of blissful repose and release from the cycle of death and rebirth, reached when the drive toward separate individual existence has been extinguished. It is described as freedom from illusion and, in some traditions, union with the absolute, while in others it is treated more as the ending or negation of individual existence.