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单词 nirvana
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Definition of nirvana in English:

nirvana

noun nɪəˈvɑːnə
mass noun
  • 1(in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The answer to the problem of suffering does not lie in a better rebirth in the cycle of reincarnation - only nirvana offers a final solution.
    • Transcendental concepts like Buddhahood and nirvana may well represent our ultimate goal, but we will never become a Buddha by ignoring our immediate human condition.
    • Yet this unconditional state gives rise to all conditional things - all the experiences of samsara and nirvana, confusion and wisdom, conceptual perplexities, emotional conflicts, and so on.
    • The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is the four dharma seals: impermanence, no-self, suffering and nirvana, or peace.
    • In mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva is an enlightened being who forgoes nirvana and vows to take rebirth again and again in order to save all sentient beings from suffering.
    Synonyms
    paradise, heaven, Eden, the promised land
    bliss, blessedness, ecstasy, joy, peace, serenity, tranquillity
    enlightenment, oblivion
    1. 1.1
      another term for moksha
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And they call liberation moksha and not nirvana as suggested by the author.
      • They alone are allowed to touch the Linga because they have received the proper initiations, especially the nirvana diksha.
    2. 1.2 An ideal or idyllic state or place.
      the days of socialist nirvana in Europe are over
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Either way, the economy is far from a nirvana for women.
      • ‘The left perspective is that if we get big money out of politics we'll have a Marxist nirvana,’ he says.
      • It was a beautiful dream, a path to digital nirvana we had all hoped for but never dared to expect.
      • There was the 1961 Toothill Report promising Scottish economic nirvana through science-based industries.
      • One such movement is feminism, which claims the path to social nirvana is the liberation of women and the creation of a genderless society.
      • So competition, privatisation, is not always able to deliver the nirvana that some people like to promise.
      • But we have to operate in the real world, not some socialist nirvana that simply does not work.
      • She does not deserve to be offered the ultimate nirvana of a council house, and all that that entails, to replace her broken or unfulfilled dream of playing house with her dollies.
      • For a guy who basks in the limelight, it was nirvana.
      • But a funny thing happened on the way to this war-based Republican nirvana.
      • Business dreamed of the nirvana of frictionless commerce.
      • For about two decades, it seemed to many that a new national nirvana, an alternative to revolutionary socialist internationalism, had been discovered.
      • In their quest to attain the nirvana of loyal consumers buying their brands and ignoring the competition, fashion firms have created lifestyle licensing.
      • Once we experienced the nirvana of the forward cabin, there was no going back to coach.
      • But then, this is nirvana for these gamers, whose eyes gleam with menace as they extinguish yet another virtual life.
      • Sadly, research doesn't back up the idea that women have reached a nirvana of liberated sexuality.
      • Most cyclists yearn for a nirvana where there are no hills and the prevailing wind is always at your back.
      • By any measure, Ireland today is a nirvana for young affluent gay men and women.
      • Add a Bluetooth GPS and you are in momentary geek nirvana.
      • This is true gear-head nirvana, where rapier-shaped chrome speedboats with names like Lick This and Eliminator roast the water.
      Synonyms
      ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, eden, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, bliss

Origin

From Sanskrit nirvāṇa, from nirvā 'be extinguished', from nis 'out' + vā- 'to blow'.

Rhymes

Africana, Afrikaner, Americana, ana, banana, Botswana, bwana, cabana, caragana, Christiana, Dana, darner, Edwardiana, garner, Georgiana, Ghana, Gloriana, Guiana, gymkhana, Haryana, iguana, Lana, lantana, liana, Lipizzaner, Ljubljana, Mahayana, mana, mañana, marijuana, Oriana, pacarana, piranha, prana, Purana, Rosh Hashana, Santayana, Setswana, sultana, Tatiana, Tijuana, Tirana, tramontana, Tswana, varna, Victoriana, zenana
 
 

Definition of nirvana in US English:

nirvana

noun
  • 1(in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet this unconditional state gives rise to all conditional things - all the experiences of samsara and nirvana, confusion and wisdom, conceptual perplexities, emotional conflicts, and so on.
    • The answer to the problem of suffering does not lie in a better rebirth in the cycle of reincarnation - only nirvana offers a final solution.
    • The fundamental teaching of the Buddha is the four dharma seals: impermanence, no-self, suffering and nirvana, or peace.
    • In mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva is an enlightened being who forgoes nirvana and vows to take rebirth again and again in order to save all sentient beings from suffering.
    • Transcendental concepts like Buddhahood and nirvana may well represent our ultimate goal, but we will never become a Buddha by ignoring our immediate human condition.
    Synonyms
    paradise, heaven, eden, the promised land
    1. 1.1
      another term for moksha
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They alone are allowed to touch the Linga because they have received the proper initiations, especially the nirvana diksha.
      • And they call liberation moksha and not nirvana as suggested by the author.
    2. 1.2 A state of perfect happiness; an ideal or idyllic place.
      Hollywood's dearest dream of small-town nirvana
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So competition, privatisation, is not always able to deliver the nirvana that some people like to promise.
      • But then, this is nirvana for these gamers, whose eyes gleam with menace as they extinguish yet another virtual life.
      • ‘The left perspective is that if we get big money out of politics we'll have a Marxist nirvana,’ he says.
      • Once we experienced the nirvana of the forward cabin, there was no going back to coach.
      • It was a beautiful dream, a path to digital nirvana we had all hoped for but never dared to expect.
      • Sadly, research doesn't back up the idea that women have reached a nirvana of liberated sexuality.
      • There was the 1961 Toothill Report promising Scottish economic nirvana through science-based industries.
      • In their quest to attain the nirvana of loyal consumers buying their brands and ignoring the competition, fashion firms have created lifestyle licensing.
      • For about two decades, it seemed to many that a new national nirvana, an alternative to revolutionary socialist internationalism, had been discovered.
      • Add a Bluetooth GPS and you are in momentary geek nirvana.
      • She does not deserve to be offered the ultimate nirvana of a council house, and all that that entails, to replace her broken or unfulfilled dream of playing house with her dollies.
      • But a funny thing happened on the way to this war-based Republican nirvana.
      • Either way, the economy is far from a nirvana for women.
      • Most cyclists yearn for a nirvana where there are no hills and the prevailing wind is always at your back.
      • This is true gear-head nirvana, where rapier-shaped chrome speedboats with names like Lick This and Eliminator roast the water.
      • One such movement is feminism, which claims the path to social nirvana is the liberation of women and the creation of a genderless society.
      • Business dreamed of the nirvana of frictionless commerce.
      • But we have to operate in the real world, not some socialist nirvana that simply does not work.
      • For a guy who basks in the limelight, it was nirvana.
      • By any measure, Ireland today is a nirvana for young affluent gay men and women.
      Synonyms
      ideal place, paradise, heaven, heaven on earth, eden, garden of eden, shangri-la, elysium, the elysian fields, happy valley, seventh heaven, idyll, bliss

Origin

From Sanskrit nirvāṇa, from nirvā ‘be extinguished’, from nis ‘out’ + vā- ‘to blow’.

 
 
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