མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ། | Glossary of Terms
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མྱ་ངན་འདས་པ།
- མྱ་ངན་འདས།
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- mya ngan ’das
- mya ngan las ’das
- mya ngan ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvṛti
- nirvṛta
- Term
In Sanskrit, the term nirvāṇa literally means “extinguishment” and the Tibetan mya ngan las ’das pa literally means “gone beyond sorrow.” As a general term, it refers to the cessation of all suffering, afflicted mental states (kleśa), and causal processes (karman) that lead to rebirth and suffering in cyclic existence, as well as to the state in which all such rebirth and suffering has permanently ceased.
More specifically, three main types of nirvāṇa are identified. The first type of nirvāṇa, called nirvāṇa with remainder (sopadhiśeṣanirvāṇa), is when an arhat or buddha has attained awakening but is still dependent on the conditioned aggregates until their lifespan is exhausted. At the end of life, given that there are no more causes for rebirth, these aggregates cease and no new aggregates arise. What occurs then is called nirvāṇa without remainder ( anupadhiśeṣanirvāṇa), which refers to the unconditioned element (dhātu) of nirvāṇa in which there is no remainder of the aggregates. The Mahāyāna teachings distinguish the final nirvāṇa of buddhas from that of arhats, the latter of which is not considered ultimate. The buddhas attain what is called nonabiding nirvāṇa (apratiṣthitanirvāṇa), which transcends the extremes of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, i.e., existence and peace. This is the nirvāṇa that is the goal of the Mahāyāna path.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvṛti
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The Sanskrit means “extinguishment,” for the causes for saṃsāra are “extinguished.” The Tibetan means “the transcendence of suffering.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
In Sanskrit means that the causes for saṃsāra are “extinguished”; in Tibetan it means that suffering has been transcended.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Literally meaning “extinguishing,” nirvāṇa refers to the end of suffering and the transcendence of cyclic existence.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
This has also been rendered as “cessation.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Meaning “extinguished” in Sanskrit and “beyond suffering” in Tibetan translation, this is a term for the state of awakening.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The “blowing off” of suffering; the state of freedom from the suffering of saṃsāra.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Sanskrit: “extinguishment,” for the causes for saṃsāra are “extinguished”; Tibetan: “the transcendence of suffering.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Sanskrit: the causes for saṃsāra are “extinguished.” Tibetan: suffering has been transcended.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Sanskrit: “extinguishment,” for the causes for saṃsāra are “extinguished”; Tibetan: “the transcendence of suffering.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The state attained when the afflictions have been extinguished.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Literally “extinction,” the state beyond sorrow, it refers to the ultimate attainment of buddhahood, the permanent cessation of all suffering and of the afflicted mental states that lead to suffering. Three types of nirvāṇa are identified: (1) the residual nirvāṇa where the person is still dependent on conditioned psycho-physical aggregates, (2) the non-residual nirvāṇa where the aggregates have also been consumed within emptiness, and (3) the non-abiding nirvāṇa transcending the extremes of phenomenal existence and quiescence.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Final liberation from suffering. The Sanskrit literally means “extinguishment” and the Tibetan “the transcendence of suffering.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The ultimate cessation of suffering.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Final liberation from suffering. In the Hinayāna it is believed attainable by turning away from the world of living beings and transcending all afflictions and selfishnesses through meditative trances. In the Mahāyāna, it is believed attainable only by the attainment of buddhahood, the nondual realization of the indivisibility of life and liberation, and the all-powerful compassion that establishes all living beings simultaneously in their own liberations.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས།
- mya ngan las ’das
- nirvāṇa
Extinction of suffering.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The ‘extinguishing’ of suffering; the state of freedom from the suffering of saṁsāra.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Literally “extinction,” the state beyond sorrow, it refers to the ultimate attainment of buddhahood, the permanent cessation of all suffering and of the afflicted mental states that lead to suffering. Three types of nirvāṇa are identified: (1) the residual nirvāṇa where the person is still dependent on conditioned psycho-physical aggregates, (2) the non-residual nirvāṇa where the aggregates have also been consumed within emptiness, and (3) the non-abiding nirvāṇa transcending the extremes of phenomenal existence and quiescence.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The transcendence of suffering, the state of freedom from the suffering of saṃsāra.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Literally “extinction,” the state beyond sorrow, it refers to the ultimate attainment of buddhahood, the permanent cessation of all suffering and of the afflicted mental states that lead to suffering. Three types of nirvāṇa are identified: (1) the residual nirvāṇa where the person is still dependent on conditioned psycho-physical aggregates, (2) the non-residual nirvāṇa where the aggregates have also been consumed within emptiness, and (3) the non-abiding nirvāṇa transcending the extremes of phenomenal existence and quiescence. See also “parinirvāṇa.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The ultimate cessation of suffering. Also translated here as “transcendence of suffering.”
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The “extinguishing” of suffering; the state of freedom from the suffering of saṃsāra.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvṛti
The “extinguishing” of suffering; the state of freedom from the suffering of saṃsāra.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- མྱ་ངན་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- mya ngan ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Sanskrit: “extinguishment”; Tibetan: “transcendence of suffering.” Final liberation from suffering.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
The Sanskrit term signifies the extinction of the causes of suffering, whereas the Tibetan term emphasizes the fact that suffering has been transcended. Three types of nirvāṇa are identified: (1) the residual nirvāṇa where the person is still dependent on conditioned psycho-physical aggregates, (2) the non-residual nirvāṇa where the aggregates have also been consumed within emptiness, and (3) the non-abiding nirvāṇa transcending the extremes of phenomenal existence and quiescence.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The state of “extinction,” said to be blissful and inviolable, where the afflictions are extinguished and one is not subject to ever be born again.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- 涅槃
For explanations on the true nature of nirvāṇa, according to the view of this sūtra, see UT22084-089-012-351-UT22084-089-012-388.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
Literally meaning “extinction,” it is the state beyond sorrow, referring to the ultimate attainment of buddhahood, the permanent cessation of all suffering and of the afflicted mental states that lead to suffering.
- nirvāṇa
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
- cessation
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
This has also been rendered as “nirvana.”
- transcendence of suffering
- མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ།
- mya ngan las ’das pa
- nirvāṇa
The ultimate cessation of suffering. Also rendered here as “nirvāṇa.”