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NIRVANA (4)
NIRVANA (4)
ScnMaster
(
Buddhism
)
the
state
of
perfect
blessedness achieved by the extinction of
individual
existence
and by the absorption of the
soul
into the supreme
spirit
, or by the extinction of all desires and
passions
. The
term
nirvana
literally means "
blowing
out" or "going out" or "extinguishing" of the
fire
of
passion
or flames of desire.
—
3rd South African
unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)