Yes, there is a 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. From LearnThat.org. [Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese mystical poet, philosopher & painter.]
The terms nirvana with residue and nirvana without residue do not apply to Buddhas. From Wordnik.com. [Nirvana] Reference
Not only does it rhyme with nirvana, it's also a Sanskrit word for a yoga posture to. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Shoes for yoga: Vibram Five Fingers] Reference
Because here the non-attainment of nirvana is not a punishment -- it's a natural consequence. From Wordnik.com. [THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FIVE] Reference
Only 36 percent knew that nirvana is a state of being free from suffering and is an aim of Buddhism. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Feiler: God in the U.S.A.: Americans Know More About Religion Than Most Other Subjects] Reference
Maybe we should make the word nirvana into a verb itself: "When there is no you in connection with that, you nirvana.". From Wordnik.com. [A Verb for Nirvana by Thanissaro Bhikkhu] Reference
Even if you still disagree, at least there's a chance you will attain nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
We’ve been hearing for a long time that nirvana is just around the corner, but it’s a long road ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 3/29/2008 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
They treat the women who do care about them like obsticles to some porn-inspired nirvana, which isn't real life. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-03-01] Reference
True pathways of mind and all static (permanent) phenomena, such as nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Tainted and Untainted Phenomena] Reference
He attained supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 and finally departed into 'nirvana' at the age of 80 in 483 BC. From Wordnik.com. [Buddha Purnima today] Reference
— but the idea of nirvana as a place has created severe misunderstandings in the past, and it could easily create misunderstandings now. From Wordnik.com. [A Verb for Nirvana by Thanissaro Bhikkhu] Reference
It's Zipp's hub tech and fab shop that was my "nirvana". From Wordnik.com. [PezCyclingNews.com] Reference
Video: MIT develops solar storage "nirvana": energy crisis solved?. From Wordnik.com. [Engadget] Reference
To Ramsay MacDonald, it meant a kind of nirvana, located in a far-distant future. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
The left's "nirvana" or heaven on earth is defined in Maslow's heirarchy of needs, with. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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The goal of the meditation is to end cravings and desires and attain a release from suffering, or "nirvana". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
For retailers, those kinds of profits are "nirvana," said Evan Wilson, an industry analyst with Pacific Crest. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Iwamoto says that the only way to get to that "nirvana" is through oversight and control over the meetings program. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Broadly accepted without questioning the matter, is the idea that the Netherlands is some kind of nirvana of liberty. From Wordnik.com. [¡No Pasarán!] Reference
But as a Buddhist, he believes he would be reborn many times until his soul were purified and reached 'nirvana' or salvation. From Wordnik.com. Reference
No -- in the mind of a "progressive," freedom is a state of mind -- it is a kind of nirvana -- where a person's every need and whim is met. From Wordnik.com. [Medary.com] Reference
This is known as the nirvana of a true stopping. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Commentary on Thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices ��� Day One] Reference
The road to speed nirvana, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
"There are a lot of issues we face to get to that nirvana," Gray said. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan] Reference
Give Porsche another 50 years, and they may just achieve automotive nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Personal picks: Ultra-performance cars 2] Reference
Now the image was set up rather more than 300 years after the nirvana (7) of. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
"But I haven't reached nirvana," he laughs, his piercing blue eyes sparkling. From Wordnik.com. [The Flowering Of A Late Bloomer] Reference
Economic predictions don't always pan out, and this nirvana may not materialize. From Wordnik.com. [Fields Of Dreams] Reference
For these folks, the 1990s was nirvana, and everything since smacks of anticlimax. From Wordnik.com. [How U.S. IPOs Lost Their Pop] Reference
The name does not include those Buddhas who have not yet attained to pari-nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
Superimposed over this image is bold text: we hope all souls will enter perfect nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Crushing The Cult Of Doom] Reference
They are eight degrees of self-inanition, and apparently eight stages on the way to nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
It shows a six-armed person whose attention is consumed by the dim glow of achieving personal entertainment nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Trendy Tech Toys] Reference
In Japan mid-riff-baring fashions (known as hesodashi) have inspired some women to turn to plastic surgery for navel nirvana. From Wordnik.com. [Navel Nirvana] Reference
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