nirvana
Freedom from rebirth
Nirvana is a state of perfect peace and liberation from suffering, particularly in Buddhist and Hindu thought—the release from the cycle of rebirth and the extinction of individual desire.
In casual use, nirvana describes any blissful or transcendent state: After a week at the spa, I was in nirvana.
Finding that rare record was pure nirvana for him. (Capitalized Nirvana is the rock band.)
Release from rebirth cycle
- releaseTo let go
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
salvation · unbinding · escape · cessation · detachment · renunciation · disentanglement · unshackling
Sudden spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- realizationGrasping what's true
- illuminationProvision of light
insight · wisdom · awareness · consciousness · understanding · clarity · gnosis · epiphany
Intense emotional high
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- beatitudeSupreme spiritual happiness
- joyIntense positive emotion
elation · paradise · heaven · felicity · sublime · exultation · serenity · peace
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- immortalityExemption from death
- beyondFarther than something
eternal · spirit · realm · liberation · cessation · hereafter
Undisturbed peacefulness
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- calmFree from agitation
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
quietude · harmony · repose · placidity · composure · restfulness · quiescence · untroubled
moksha
Release from rebirth cycle
- releaseTo let go
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
deliverance · salvation · unbinding · escape · cessation · detachment · renunciation · disentanglement · unshackling · extrication
satori
Sudden spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- realizationGrasping what's true
illumination · insight · wisdom · awareness · consciousness · understanding · clarity · gnosis · epiphany · perception
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- beatitudeSupreme spiritual happiness
joy · elation · paradise · heaven · felicity · sublime · exultation · serenity · peace · contentment
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- immortalityExemption from death
beyond · eternal · spirit · realm · liberation · cessation · hereafter
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
equanimity · quietude · harmony · repose · placidity · composure · restfulness · quiescence · untroubled · centeredness
samsara
Cycle of rebirth
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- meditationFocused attention practice
bodhi · Theravada · Mahayana · bodhisattva · sutra · mandala · mantra · stupa · pagoda · monk
- Eastern SpiritualityBuddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto
- metaphysical conceptssoul, spirit, free will, determinism, afterlife
- Paradisesparadise, Eden, Garden of Eden, utopia, Shangri-La
- dream escapesparadise, heaven, utopia, Eden, Shangri-La
- BuddhismBuddha, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Siddhartha Gautama, Theravada
- Dharmic Traditionskarma, moksha, samsara, atman, Brahman
nirvanahell
Underworld of suffering
damnation · perdition · samsara · eternal torment · purgatory
nirvanasamsara
Cycle of rebirth
maya · ignorance · attachment · craving · rebirth cycle