Term

Nirvana

In Buddhism and other Indian teachings, a state in which desires and suffering fade away and the cycle of rebirths comes to an end.

Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse

Explained in

• Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
• The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh

  In Buddhism, the extinguishing of suffering. For Thich Nhat Hanh, above all the stilling of notions of birth and death, being and non-being.

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