Encyclopedia - Nirvana: Encyclopedia - Nirvana
In the Indian religions Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, nirvāna (from the Sanskrit निर्वाण, Pali: Nibbāna -- Chinese: 涅...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana - Nirvana In The Mahaparinirvana Sutra
However, in certain Mahayana teachings of the Buddha, Nirvana, or "Great Nirvana" in particular (higher than "ordinary" Nirvana), is said...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - Discography
Albums & Compilations Singles & EPs ... See also:Nirvana band, Nirvana band - Early years, Nirvana band - Nevermind, Nirvana b...   » Read the article

Article - New Physics: Physics Of Nirvana - Link Two Realities  
The Vedas describe an ultimate reality, which they call Brahman . The awareness of this 'reality' is attained through the practice of ...   » Read the article

Article - Life And Death: In Search Of The Real 'me'
"Hey, I'm in Nirvana!" We talk like this when we feel good. But what is it like to actually attain nirvana, otherwise known ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vira Nirvana Samvat: Encyclopedia - Vira Nirvana Samvat
The Vira Nirvana Samvat (era) originated on 15 October 527 BCE. It commemorates the nirvana of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. ...   » Read the article

Article - Bodhi
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit. Lit. awakening) is a title given in Buddhism to the specific awakening experience attained by the Indian spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afterlife: Encyclopedia Of Afterlife Mythology In Different Cultures
Afterife - Life After Death An encyclopedia of different cultures mythology  around afterlife, including : Adiri, Ama-No-Hashidate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krist Novoselic: Encyclopedia Ii - Krist Novoselic - Nirvana
Kurt Cobain had made a tape of some solo recordings. He sent them to Novoselic, and Nirvana was born. Novoselic added a pop bass playing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Grohl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Grohl - Nirvana
A few months later, Scream unexpectedly disbanded following the departure of its bass player, and Grohl placed a phone call to Osborne fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Nirvana
Cobain received his first guitar from his uncle at age 14, choosing it over a bicycle. From there, he tried to form bands with friends, g...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Quotes: Abandon Evil, Gain Nirvana
Buddhist Quotes: Abandon Evil, Gain Nirvana   By giving, merit grows, by restraint, hatred’s checked. He who’s skil...   » Read the article

Article - Ashtavakra Gita: Ashtavakra's Guide To Instant Nirvana  
The Ashtavakra Gita , also known as Ashtavakra Samhita , is a treatise that offers simple recipes for almost instant liberation. Swami...   » Read the article

Article - Spirituality And Technology  : The Hi-tech Route To Reach Nirvana  
With technology and the Internet, it might just be possible to witness a lot more Buddhas and Sankaras taking shape. Recent scientific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra
Nirvana Sutra or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing (涅槃經); Japanese: Nehankyō (涅槃経)) is one of the major texts...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Festivals - Parinirvana Day
Buddhism - Buddhist Festivals: Parinirvana Day This is a Mahayana Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha. It is also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Butch Vig: Encyclopedia - Butch Vig
Bryan "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. Butch Vig first became famous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paradise: Encyclopedia - Paradise
The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word of pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kensho: Encyclopedia - Kensho
Kenshō (見性), literally "seeing the nature", is an experience described in the context of Zen Buddhism. The term is often used to den...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inner Peace: Encyclopedia - Inner Peace
Inner peace (or peace of mind) is a colloquialism that refers to a state of being mentally or spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhi: Encyclopedia - Bodhi
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit. Lit. awakening) is a title given in Buddhism to the specific awakening experience attained by the Indian spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Curmudgeon: Encyclopedia - Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. It is a B-side on their 1992 single for the song, "Lithium." The same version al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dumb: Encyclopedia - Dumb
Dumb may refer to: An alternative term for one who is mute. This use is considered politically incorrect and often offensive in the U.S....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parshva: Encyclopedia - Parshva
In Jainism, Parshva, also called Parshvanatha or Parswanath, was twenty-third Tirthankara. Parsvanath was born about 380 years before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahaparinibbana Sutta: Encyclopedia - Mahaparinibbana Sutta
For the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, a text of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, see Nirvana Sutra. The Mahaparinibbana Sutta is a Buddhist su...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: New Age Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana Liberation from earthly things; paradise.   (See also: Nirvana , New Age, Body mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: A Spiritual Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: A blissful state associated with having achieved unity with the Divine. See also Samaddhi.   (See also: Nirvana , B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Nirvana
nirvana Cessation of all material activities. Buddhists and other impersonalists regard nirvana as requiring obliteration of individua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana "To extinguish." Cessation of attachment to desire, delusion; enlightenment; Buddha mind; state beyond life, death,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - Post-nirvana
In the years following Nirvana's disbanding, both of its surviving members have remained active musically. Not long after Cobain's death,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana - extinction, disappearance, dissolution; final emancipation from matter and re-union with the Supreme Spirit; Mayavada concep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Versions
The text of the Nirvana Sutra in the original Sanskrit has survived only in a number of fragments, which were discovered in Central Asia,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana Hindu state of enlightenment or liberation from earthly things; bliss, freedom of the personal soul from the physical world. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Health And Healing Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: Literally meaning "extinction". The ultimate goal of Buddhists, characterized as the extinction of both craving and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Album - Track Listing
All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted: "You Know You're Right" - 3:38 "About A Girl" - 2:49 "Been A Son" - 2:23 "Sliver" - 2:1...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana The deathless; the cessation of all suffering. The very opposite of the Wheel of Birthand- Death; it is what those in the Bud...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana (Nibbana): The ultimate state of awareness, and the penultimate state of harmony. It is second in harmony to para-nirvana. &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Overview
The Mahaparinirvana Sutra is a major Mahayana scripture which purports to enshrine the Buddha's "final explanation" of his Doctrine, an e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - After Cobain's Death
Several Nirvana albums have been released since Cobain's death. The first came in November of 1994 with the release of the band's subdued...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Nirvana
NIRVANA: Liberation; final emancipation.   (See also: NIRVANA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana-dharma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirvana-dharma
Nirvana-dharma (Sanskrit) [from nirvana blown out, superspiritual state + dharma law, duty, justice, conduct]   The path of nirva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Quotations From The Nirvana Sutra
The Buddha on his eternal and blissful ultimate nature as he stands on the brink of physical death: " ... if you perceive things truly, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: Literally "to extinguish," highest state of existence in Buddhism; in Theravada Buddhism nirvana is a realm beyond ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Nirvana
Nirvana: Nirvana: liberation; final emancipation.   (See also: Nirvana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Nirvana Sutra
Nirvana Sutra The last of the sutras in the Mahayana canon. It emphasizes the importance of Buddhanature, which is the same as Self-N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Sutra: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Sutra - Textual History
The text contained in the Faxian and Tibetan translations is roughly equivalent to just the first quarter of the greatly expanded Dharmak...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Nirvana
Nirvana: Characterized by bliss and freedom. Letting go of ego, passion and desire. Liberation.   (See also: Nirvana ,Yoga, Yo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - Early Years
Cobain and Krist Novoselic met in 1985. Both were fans of The Melvins, and both were interested in forming a band. In the initial months,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - Nevermind
Following repeated recommendation by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, David Geffen signed Nirvana to DGC Records in 1990 and the band began reco...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Nirvana
nirvana: nirvana - freedom of the personal soul from the physical world   (See also: nirvana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Nirvana Band - In Utero
For 1993's In Utero, the band brought in producer Steve Albini, perhaps best known for his work on the Pixies album Surfer Rosa. The sess...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Sai Baba Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: Nirvana: Freedom, liberation from cycle of birth and death.   (See also: Nirvana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Sanskrit Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: (Lit., blowing out, as a flame) Annihilation of desire, passion, and ego; Liberation, characterized by freedom and bliss. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Nirvana
Nirvana: liberation, the state of peace   (See also: Nirvana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Nirvana
NIRVANA: liberation   (See also: NIRVANA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Nirvana
A Theosophical definition of Nirvana :   Nirvana (Sanskrit) This is a compound: nir, "out," and vana, the past partic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Nirvana
nirvana: liberation, the state of peace   (See also: nirvana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  nirvana: Sanskrit Dictionary On  nirvana
 Nirvana: freedom of the personal soul from the physical world   (See also:  Nirvana , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Nirvana
NIRVANA As sickness, age and death impel us to recede ever more deeply into ourselves and we discover that the illusory world outside ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana (Sanskrit). According to the Orientalists, the entire "blowing out", like the flame of a candle, the utter extinctio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana [from nir out, away + vana blown from the verbal root va to blow]   Blown out, blown away; the monad's freeing itself of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Para-nirvana: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Para-nirvana
Para-nirvana (Pari-nibbana): The ultimate state of harmony within the ultimate state of awareness. Para means death, so this is death ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana Hindu state of enlightenment or liberation from earthly things; bliss, freedom of the personal soul from the physical world. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: Nirvana - Ultimate spiritual peace, a place that transcends birth and death and absolute freedom from attachment is achiev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krist Novoselic: Encyclopedia Ii - Krist Novoselic - Background
Novoselic graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1984. In 1980 he attended the gymnasia in Zadar, Croatia for a year, then still part of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana: Liberation; final emancipation; the term is particularly applied to the liberation from the bondage of karma and the wheel of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dale Crover: Encyclopedia Ii - Dale Crover - Biography
Crover joined The Melvins on drums in 1984, after the original drummer left the band. In late 1985 Crover (Bass), Kurt Cobain (Guitar/Voc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avichi-nirvana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Avichi-nirvana
Avichi-nirvana avici-nirvana (Sanskrit) A fearful state, the opposite of the wondrous nirvana experienced by the dhyani-chohans, consi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kensho: Encyclopedia Ii - Kensho - Seeking Kensho
Working towards this realisation is usually a lengthy process of meditation and introspection under guidance of a Zen or other Buddhist t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Grohl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters
Following Cobain's death in April of 1994, Grohl retreated, unsure of where to go and what to do with himself. Initially, Grohl believed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tapasya: Encyclopedia Ii - Tapasya - Undertaking Tapasya
A Tapasya may be striving for nirvana, or moksha. It may also be striving for perfection in a particular sport, field of knowledge or wor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvanic: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirvanic
Nirvanic Anglicized adjectival form of nirvana.   (See also: Nirvanic , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Grohl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Grohl - Early Life
When Grohl was a young child, his family relocated from Ohio to Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Grohl: Encyclopedia Ii - Dave Grohl - Scream
At the age of sixteen, Grohl scored an audition with local DC favorites Scream to fill the vacancy left by the departure of drummer Kent ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Early Life
Cobain was born to Don and Wendy Cobain in the Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington, and spent his first six months li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhi - Modes Of Enlightenment
Bodhi - Sāvaka-Bodhi Arhat. Those who study the teaching of a samma-sambuddha and then attain enlightenment in this world are known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Marriage
Cobain first encountered Courtney Love at a concert in 1989. More than a year later, after learning from Dave Grohl that she and Cobain s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Musical Influences
Cobain was a devoted champion of early alternative rock acts. He would often make reference to his favorite bands in interviews, often pl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvani, Nirvanin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirvani, Nirvanin
Nirvani, Nirvanin (Sanskrit) Also nirvanee. One who enters, or has entered, nirvana; a jivanmukta. One who is liberated for the remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Addiction And Death
Throughout most of his life, Cobain battled depression, chronic bronchitis, and intense physical pain due to a chronic stomach condition....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - Suicide Dispute
Cobain is legally recognized to have committed suicide. However, unanswered questions within the Seattle Police Department's report have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurt Cobain: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Cobain - After Cobain's Death
Writer Charles R. Cross published a biography of Cobain titled Heavier Than Heaven in 2001. In it, Cross attempted to contact as many of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Three Marks Of Existence: Encyclopedia Ii - Three Marks Of Existence - Interpretations Of The Three Marks By Various Schools
Some Buddhist traditions assert that Anatta pervades everything, and is not limited to personality, or soul. These traditions assert that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neibban: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Neibban
Neibban.   See NIRVANA   (See also: Neibban , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Sagardagan: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sagardagan
Sagardagan. One of the four paths to Nirvana.   (See also: Sagardagan , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vimoksha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vimoksha
Vimoksha (Sanskrit). The same as Nirvana.   (See also: Vimoksha , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dicti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nebban, Neibban: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nebban, Neibban
Nebban or Neibban (Chinese) Equivalent to nirvana; often called nippang in Tibet.   (See also: Nebban, Neibban , Mysticism, My...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parinirvana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Parinirvana
Parinirvana The Buddha's final Nirvana, entered by him at the time of death.    (See also: Parinirvana , Buddhism, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakradagamin: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sakradagamin
Sakradagamin (Sanskrit). Lit., "he who will receive birth (only) once more" before Nirvana is reached by him; he who has ent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Srotapanna: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Srotapanna
Srotapanna (Sanskrit) [from srota river, stream + apanna entered]   One who has entered the stream, leading to nirvana; one who h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Samadhi
SAMADHI Yogic enlightenment; Union of Self with Not-Self. Final state before Nirvana. Contemplation of True Reality in state of even-m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kether: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Kether
KETHER the "Crown" of the Sephir Yetzirah. Corresponds, in Buddhism, to Nirvana (see NIRVANA). It is the very first of the p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vimoksha, Vimoksa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vimoksha, Vimoksa
Vimoksha vimoksa (Sanskrit) Final emancipation, liberation; nirvana.   (See also: Vimoksha, vimoksa , Mysticism, Mysticism Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nebban, Neibban: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nebban, Neibban
Nebban or Neibban (Chin.). The same as Nirvana, Nippang in Tibet.   (See also: Nebban, Neibban , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sowan: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sowan
Sowan (Pali). The first of the "four paths" which lead to Nirvana, in Yoga practice.   (See also: Sowan , Theosophy,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boddhisattva: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Boddhisattva
BODDHISATTVA A saint who has forgone Nirvana and reincarnates in order to help mankind.     (See also: BODDHISATTVA , Magi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samsara: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Samsara
Samsara:   Samsara ("confluence"): the finite world of change, as opposed to the ultimate Reality (brahman or nirvana...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryahata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aryahata
Aryahata (Sanskrit) The path of arhatship or spiritual holiness leading to nirvana (Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom Religion 67).  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Buddhism
Buddhism A religion of Asia holding the belief that by the right living and the right thinking one can reach Nirvana   (See al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Holy One: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Holy One
Holy One Holy or Saintly One; One who has started on the path to Nirvana.    (See also: Holy One , Buddhism, Body Mind a...   » Read the article