Nirvana

nirvana [Skt.] - nya ngen lé dé pa [Tib.], literally ‘extinguished’ in Sanskrit and ‘beyond suffering’ in Tibetan; enlightenment itself.

Subdivisions

Patrul Rinpoche, in his commentary on the Abhisamayalankara, explains that the texts of the Madhyamika tradition mention four types of nirvana, i.e., natural nirvana, non-abiding nirvana, nirvana with remainder and nirvana without remainder.