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Nirvana is used synonymously with moksha (Sanskrit), also vimoksha, or vimutti (Pali), "release, deliverance from suffering". [35] [web 8] [note 5] In the Pali-canon two kinds of vimutti are discerned: [web 8] Ceto-vimutti, freedom of mind; it is the qualified freedom from suffering, attained through the practice of dhyane (meditation, samādhi ...
Kalpasutra folio on Mahavira Nirvana. Note the crescent shaped Siddhashila, a place where all siddhas reside after nirvana. The terms moksa and nirvana are often used interchangeably in the Jain texts. [73] [74] Rishabhanatha, believed to have lived millions of years ago, was the first Tirthankara to attain nirvana.
The words moksha, nirvana (nibbana) and kaivalya are sometimes used synonymously, [57] because they all refer to the state that liberates a person from all causes of sorrow and suffering. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] However, in modern era literature, these concepts have different premises in different religions. [ 10 ]
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[8] [9] Nirvana refers to the moment of attainment itself, and the resulting peace of mind and happiness (khlesa-nirvana), but also to the final dissolution of the five skandhas at the time of death (skandha-nirvana or parinirvana); in the Theravada-tradition, it also refers to a transcendental reality which is "known at the moment of awakening".
Each type of sutta is meant to lead each type of person further on the graduated path to Nirvana. The Netti provides five guidelines ( naya ) and sixteen modes ( hara ) for clarifying the relationship between a text's linguistic convention ( byanjana ) and its true meaning ( atha ).
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