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[[Image:Parinirvana.JPG|frame|'''Shakyamuni Buddha passing into parinirvana''']] | [[Image:Parinirvana.JPG|frame|'''Shakyamuni Buddha passing into parinirvana''']] | ||
'''Parinirvana''' | '''Parinirvana''' (Skt. ''parinirvāna''; [[Wyl.]] ''yongs su myang 'das'') — 'final [[nirvana]]'. The final passing beyond suffering manifested by [[buddha]]s and highly realized masters at the end of their lives. Passing into parnirvana is the twelfth of the [[twelve deeds]] of a buddha. [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] demonstrated passing into parinirvana at the age of eighty in the town of [[Kushinagara]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:29, 26 September 2008
Parinirvana (Skt. parinirvāna; Wyl. yongs su myang 'das) — 'final nirvana'. The final passing beyond suffering manifested by buddhas and highly realized masters at the end of their lives. Passing into parnirvana is the twelfth of the twelve deeds of a buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha demonstrated passing into parinirvana at the age of eighty in the town of Kushinagara.