Nirvana

According to Wikipedia, 'Nirvana (nibbana) literally means "blowing out" or "quenching."'

Wikipedia goes on: 'The Buddha is believed in the Buddhist scholastic tradition to have realized two types of nirvana, one at enlightenment, and another at his death ... In the Buddhist tradition, nirvana is described as the extinguishing of the fires that cause rebirths and associated suffering.'

ThoughtCo advises: 'It's a bit perilous to talk about enlightenment and nirvana, because these things are outside our "standard" experiences and the scope of conceptual thought. Some will tell you that to talk about these things at all distorts them. Please keep that in mind.'

That's us told then!

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