Nibbana

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Buddhist concept soteriological goal spiritual attainment ultimate liberation

Nibbana is the ultimate liberation in Buddhism, a state of complete freedom from suffering, craving, and the cycle of rebirth.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Moksha 2
Nibbana canonical 2
Nirvāṇa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist concept ⓘ
soteriological goal ⓘ
spiritual attainment ⓘ
ultimate liberation ⓘ
associatedWith Four Noble Truths ⓘ
Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path
attainedBy Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Buddha

arahant ⓘ
characterizedBy cessation of craving (tanhā) ⓘ
cessation of dukkha ⓘ
cessation of ignorance (avijjā) ⓘ
deathless state ⓘ
freedom from greed, hatred, and delusion ⓘ
unborn and unbecome ⓘ
unconditioned state ⓘ
contrastedWith conditioned phenomena ⓘ
saṃsāra ⓘ
coreDoctrineOf Indian Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Early Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

many Buddhist traditions ⓘ
describedAs cessation of suffering ⓘ
freedom from craving ⓘ
freedom from the cycle of rebirth ⓘ
ultimate liberation in Buddhism ⓘ
goalOf Buddhist practice ⓘ
Eightfold Path ⓘ
surface form: Noble Eightfold Path

ethical conduct in Buddhism ⓘ
meditation in Buddhism ⓘ
wisdom cultivation in Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfTerm Pali ⓘ
metaphysicalStatus unconditioned dhamma ⓘ
not a heaven ⓘ
a place ⓘ
annihilation of the person in a nihilistic sense ⓘ
PaliSpelling Nibbāna ⓘ
relatedConcept nirvana in Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
requires eradication of all mental defilements ⓘ
insight into impermanence (anicca) ⓘ
insight into non-self (anattā) ⓘ
insight into suffering (dukkha) ⓘ
realization of the Four Noble Truths ⓘ
SanskritEquivalent Nibbana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nirvāṇa
scripturallyAttestedIn Abhidhamma Pitaka ⓘ
the Pali Canon ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon

Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
ultimateGoalFor Theravada practitioners ⓘ
many Buddhist monastics and lay followers ⓘ
understoodAs extinguishing of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Theravada → goal → Nibbana ⓘ
nirvana → hasPaliName → Nibbana ⓘ
subject surface form: Nirvana
Vaikuntha → relatedConcept → Nibbana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moksha
Odissi → repertoireElement → Nibbana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moksha
Nibbana → SanskritEquivalent → Nibbana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nirvāṇa