Literally meaning extinction or blowing out, nirvana is the ultimate goal of the Buddhist path. It refers to liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth through the cessation of greed, hatred, and delusion. Because nirvana transcends ordinary experience and conceptual thought, it is often described apophatically, in terms of what it is not rather than what it is.
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