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Letter "N" » nirvana
«Nirvana? That's the place where the powers that be and their friends hang out.»
«Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.»
«Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.»
Author: M. Scott Peck
(Author, psychiatrist)
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
enlightenment, nirvana, persistent
«NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
annihilation, awarded, Buddhist, Buddhists, nirvana, pleasurable
«Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.»
«Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Paradise
| Keywords:
Bodhisattva, nirvana, realm, set out, vehicle, what is this
«Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
in writing, nirvana, pasture, putting green, put to sleep
«for the last nine months we have had the pleasure to take Chad-Drums under our wings and develop what we are now and always will be NIRVANA»
«Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Day
| Keywords:
blowing, candle, extinguishes, extinguishing, flame, nirvana, The Flame
«PRAYER is divine love alone. When this highest ideal of love is reached, philosophy is thrown away. Who will then care of it ? Freedom, salvation, nirvana- all are thrown away. Who cares to become free while in the enjoyment of divine love?»
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