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Poster lesson 22 / 63 · Intermediate
Nibbāna / Nirvāṇa
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Nibbāna in Pāli, or nirvāṇa in Sanskrit, names liberation from greed, hatred and delusion and the ending of dukkha. It is not merely a pleasant mood, a heavenly location or personal annihilation. Traditions explain liberation in different philosophical vocabularies. A beginner can study the path without claiming attainment. Notice where clinging produces harm, while recognising that an ordinary moment of ease is not the full realisation described in Buddhist texts.
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