What is it?

Hello dtnl42,

Below you will find links to definitions and information about Nirvana.


Nirvana:

Buddhism The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained
disinterested wisdom and compassion.

Hinduism Emancipation from ignorance and the extinction of all attachment. 

An ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy. 
http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/N0114000.html


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How Nirvana Works by Tom Harris

The term nirvana is associated with both Hinduism and Buddhism.

?In both Hinduism and Buddhism, the word refers to a higher state of
being, but the two religions view this state very differently.?

Read the full text of this informative article here:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nirvana1.htm


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Nirvana: The state of having extinguished suffering. 

?Nirvana is a spiritual state in which the bonds of existence are cut
away. It is held to be an ineffable, indefinable experience. It
generally is concomitant with awakening (bodhi). There are two kinds
of Nirvana generally admitted. The first is an incomplete, or
'residual' Nirvana, which is the experience of Nirvana which occurs
while a person is still alive. The 'residue' is the body, which is the
last bond of existence the residual Nirvana does not cut. The second
is the 'non-residual' Nirvana, also called 'parinirvana' ('perfect
nirvana'). This is the Nirvana of one who is awakening fully when his
body perishes. Thus freed from the body, the Nirvana is complete.?

A Glossary of Buddhist Terms
http://villa.lakes.com/cdpatton/Dharma/Canon/glossary.html


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Fifteen Descriptions and Meanings of Nirvana
http://selfknowledge.com/109719.htm


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?Buddhists believe in reincarnation, where they are born again after
they die. This wheel of rebirth, known as samsara, condemns the
individual to the suffering of being alive. A Buddhists goal is to
escape from the cycle of being reborn. When they have finally stopped
reincarnating than they have reached Nirvana. Nirvana is considered
the highest bliss. It was this bliss that the Buddha felt under the Bo
tree.?

Buddhists believe that the way to achieve Nirvana is to follow the
steps in the Eightfold Path.

Read about it here:
http://vt.essortment.com/buddhisminforma_relv.htm


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Nirvana

?This is a Buddhist term which means a state of mind where all
suffering and dissonant emotions which give rise to suffering have
ceased and one is released from samsara -- the endless cycle of birth,
life, death and rebirth.?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/gl_n.htm


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Nirvana: Considered as the goal of Theravada Buddhist practice, it is
the liberation from suffering and departure from the endless cyclic
existence.
http://www.siamese-dream.com/reference/buddhist_glossary.html


Nirvana is believed to be the end of rebirth and is the ultimate aim
of Buddhism. It is reached when all want and suffering is gone.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/buddhism/nirvana.shtml


Nirvana liberation, the state of peace 
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/extra/bl-glossary-n.htm

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I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Sometimes when seeking, it seems as if too much is 'off the earth'
stuff, as if the only good place to be is not here, as if heaven and
enlightenings and states of being is all there is. To remind myself
that there is a pretty good time to have here on good ol' earth, I say
to myself, "I'm nowhere nearvana!" HA! From Brian

Nirvana is man`s idea of a better life in the future. Because we all
suffer various problems, health and social while alive on this earth,
man has surmised that if his existence was purely spiritual, involving
no fleshly body, he would not suffer pain. This is why the idea that
we have a separate "soul" that survives death, is so popular. Nirvana
is the place , supposedly, where the "soul" lives that hoped for
perfect existence. What a man can imagine does not make it true. The
only information we possess about a spiritual existence, we have got
from the Bible, a book written by forty men over fifteen hundred
years, under inspiration from God. Every writer has the same theme
that points towards the same result. The arrival on earth of Jesus,
God`s son. He taught us, and had it recorded, about God`s future plans
for ALL of us. The scriptures record that because Adam, the first man
sinned, we inherited sin and therefore death. This is not an
arrangement that will go on forever, even though many people think so.
The Bible says there will be an end to suffering and death [Revelation
20;4] and who will get to live on the earth after badness is done away
with [Psalm 37;9-12 and 28,29]. The Bible explains who is responsible
for our troubles, where he came from and his final demise. [
Revelation 12;7-12, 20;10,14] . Accepting what the bible tells us
takes faith so it seems as if Nirvana is a future trouble free life on
this earth with no prospect of dying. God has done away with it, along
with every bad influence.