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a pure soul. When all the impure thought activities are removed, all the bodies and formations are rid of, all the varied notions are gone, all the pleasant and painful feelings are vanished, then that pure soul, devoid of all the transitory and foreign elements, remains as ever existing. This is “Nirvana." And this is the belief of the Jains also
The learned Buddhist monk Shri Dharmananda, the Principal of the Vidyalankara College, Kelaniya, (Ceylon), on being asked about Nirvâna declared, “ It cannot be said to be quite extinction or non-existing: There is bliss." His actual words are :
" iar a ta, e sarea" “ Sủnyam vaktuin na sakyatê, sukham cha asti.”
The learned Principal consulted a Pali Diction. ary and gave me a note about the different synonyms of Nirvana, as found in the Buddhist Pali Scriptures. They are as follows:--.
Tet, parerett, farbami, frů, poet, ara, R, STİ, सांतं, असंखतं, सिवं, अमुत्तं, सुदुद्दसं, परायनं, सरणं, निपुणं, अनन्तं, अक्खरं, दुःखक्खय, अव्यापज्ज्ञ, अनालयं, विवठ्ठ, खेम, term, start, Ferriit, quita, stogi , CÁ, TI, grafarers, fagfar, rart, Efe, faceret Il"
Mukhở, special, Nirādhó, prevention, Nibbãnam, the extinguishing of mundane life, Dipam, island, Tanhe-kkhaya, destruction of thirst, Tānam, safe place, Lenam, absorption, Arůpam, without form,
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