nirvana
涅槃,醍醐灌顶,涅槃重生,涅盘
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- : Pali nibbana. Buddhism. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- : Hinduism. salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma; moksha.
- : a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world.
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I’ve detailed what it takes to visit this overland nirvana before.
At a glance, iAd seemed like the mobile equivalent of nirvana.
We have relationships with clients that go back several years and most of them are at this nirvana.
When I was growing up they called Green Day and Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins “alternative pop.”
A mixtape dubbed “Montage of Heck” has surfaced on the site Live Nirvana!
Part of the short version was used as an intro to the Nirvana single “Love Buzz,” and is referred to as “Buzz Cut.”
Gone were female-led and feminist-sympathetic bands like Nirvana and the Beastie Boys.
For Nicki Minaj, nirvana could only be reached when all of the world knew exactly what her butt looks like.
The religion of Buddha is founded on a correct and virtuous life, as the only way to avoid sorrow and reach Nirvana.
John Smith was peculiar, but he was the best bass man this side of a musician's Nirvana.
It would be a Nirvana glorious only in the absence of sorrow, but still perhaps a happy ending for our race.
It is asserted that Siddartha did not believe in a god, and that his Nirvana was nothing more than absolute annihilation.
Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relatives, Nirvana the highest happiness.