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		In Buddhism, parinirvana (Sanskrit; Pali: Parinibbana) is the final nirvana, traditionally understood to be within reach only upon the death of someone who attained complete enlightenment.
		It is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice and implies a release from the cycle of deaths and rebirths as well as the dissolution of all mental aggregates (form, feeling, perception, mental fabrications and consciousness).
		The parinirvana of Gautama Buddha is depicted in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta and the Mahaparinirvana Sutra.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Parinirvana (113 words)

	AllRefer.com - nirvana (Buddhism) - Encyclopedia
		The word in Sanskrit refers to the going out of a flame once its fuel has been consumed; it thus suggests both the end of suffering and the cessation of desires that perpetuate bondage.
		Epithets of nirvana in Buddhism include "the free," "the immortal," and "the unconditioned." Nirvana is attainable in life, and the death of one who has attained it is termed parinirvana, or complete nirvana.
		This has often been interpreted as annihilation, but in fact the Buddhist scriptures say that the state of the enlightened man beyond death cannot be described.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/nirvana.html (238 words)

	Pudgalavada Buddhist Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Even in Parinirvana, when the aggregates of the enlightened self have passed away in death and no new aggregates can arise in rebirth, the self, though no longer existent with the aggregates of an individual person, cannot actually be said to be non-existent.
		In this way, all the statements made by the Buddha—and by others on his authority or on the strength of their own observation, concerning persons or selves and their past or future existences—can be shown to be based on the five aggregates from which those persons are inseparable.
		The Parinirvana of the Buddha will then be his transition from a local existence supported by the aggregates to a non-local state which is unfathomable.
	www.iep.utm.edu /p/pudgalav.htm (5435 words)

	Buddhist Scriptures: First Rehearsal of the Tipitaka
		After the Final Extinction (Parinirvana) of the Buddha, and the cremation of his body, the community of monks chose five hundred Arahants ('worthy ones', 'perfected ones') to work together to compile the doctrine and the discipline, in order to prevent the true doctrine from being submerged in false doctrines.
		In other words, whatever else may be said about their authenticity, they are poetic compositions which may stimulate interest in the doctrine but are as remote as possible from being systematic expositions of it.
		The First Rehearsal is recorded to have taken place during the rainy season of the first year after the parinirvana, the latter event being the era from which the Buddhists have reckoned their chronology.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/s_collect.htm (1377 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Nirvana Works"
		Once you have fully escaped the karmic cycle, you achieve parinirvana -- final nirvana -- in the afterlife.
		As with Hindu nirvana, souls that have achieved parinirvana are free of the cycle of reincarnation.
		In the next section, we'll find out what the Buddha prescribed for achieving nirvana on earth and parinirvana in the afterlife.
	science.howstuffworks.com /nirvana1.htm (743 words)

	Parinirvana of Lopön Chechoo Rinpoche
		However, the first day of retreat was shaken by the news of the parinirvana of Lopön Chechoo Rinpoche.
		In general, the practice of guru yoga is the supreme method for opening to the masters blessing.
		At the time of the parinirvana of an accomplished siddha such as Lopön Rinpoche it is especially beneficial to carry out such practice.
	www.dhagpo-kagyu.org /anglais/evenement/lop-set.htm (744 words)

	Tashi Deleg! - The Padma Samye Ling Monthly Bulletin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In holding with this view we are featuring the biographies of the seven great patriarchs who carried on the Buddha's Teachings immediately after his parinirvana, the first step in the preservation of an immense collection of doctrines.
		These successors, starting with Kasyapa, carried and propagated the exact teachings as spoken by Lord Buddha; they are the root and foundation of Buddhism and the cause of its development.
		At his parinirvana he left no remainders, and reached the ultimate enlightenment.
	www.padmasambhava.org /webapps/padma.apoye.com/tashideleg/index.jsp?storyId=legsthongpa (652 words)

	Understanding Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Vesak Day is the day that Buddhists throughout the world celebrate the birth, Awakening and pariNirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni.
		Parinirvana is the ceasing of the physical form of the historical Buddha.
		so the Parinirvana is the day when the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's physical form ceased to appear in our world system.
	www.understanding-islam.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1481&whichpage=2 (425 words)

	Great Parinirvana Sutra
		It must be a portent to all in the ten directions that his parinirvana is at hand.
		And when the first born left the households life to achieve the supremely unexcelled bodhi, to turn the dharma-wheel, and to enter parinirvana, it was called a great earthquake.
		If they hear this Great Parinirvana, their expectations of the other Sutras to have a rich flavor will be forever ended.
	www.purifymind.com /ParinirvanaSutra.htm (21476 words)

	Yoshiaki Shimizu's Multiple Commemorations: The Vegetable Nehan of Ito Jakuchu
		To begin his argument, Shimizu provides ample background information on the tradition of Parinirvana (or Nehan) paintings, including their uses and the flexible tradition of iconographic symbolism employed in these paintings.
		Shimizu discusses the traditional difference between "closed form" iconic images which require very specific symbols and attributes used in a set form, and "open form" images which rely on a basic core story which the image is built around employing any number of allegorical representations.
		This freedom of interpretation revolves around the core story of the death of the Buddha and the mourning of his followers, but the actual depiction is variable and left to the artist.
	www.etchings.com /erin/files/veggie.html (1155 words)

	Final Questions of Ananda
		He was in the state of Ku"sinigara, lying down between a pair of saala trees with his head to the North and was about to enter nirvana.
		This phrase shall also be spoken at the beginning of the scriptures of all of the buddhas of the future.
		All of the Buddhas of the present, at the very end, at the time of their Parinirvana,-- they too instruct that this phrase should be spoken.
	www.purifymind.com /FinalQuestion.htm (607 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Parinirvana Day
		The Paranibbana Sutta describes the Buddha's last days, and passages from it are often read on Parinirvana Day.
		Buddhists celebrate Parinirvana Day by meditating or by going to Buddhist temples or monasteries.
		In monasteries Parinirvana Day is treated as a social occasion.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/parinirvana.shtml (239 words)

	Stupas and Prayer Wheels - Pagan
		They see the stupa as dharmakaya which means “the body of the doctrine.” The stupa is considered to be a living embodiment of Buddha’s teachings and looking at or meditating on the monument or building itself is able to help the observer move towards nirvana.
		On a recent trip to Seattle, I had the chance to stop by the Parinirvana Stupa found at the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.
		The name “Parinirvana” comes from the word for when Buddha passed from this world.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art22207.asp (514 words)

	Understanding Buddist symbols and rituals
		Before the Buddha’s parinirvana, He speaks of 4 holy places worthy of Buddhist pilgrimage, which are:
		In summary, before first century AD, Buddha was only represented on the relief scupltures of Stupas at Bharhut (Southwest of Allahabd, Pakistan) and Sanci (Madhya Pradesh) such as footprints, Bodhi Tree or a flame.
		Below is a diagram depicting a schematic summary of Buddhist Symbolism (more prevalent after the Buddha’s Parinirvana).
	www.abm.ndirect.co.uk /leftside/arty/symb1.htm (981 words)

	Newsletter - 3/30/04 - Nirvana in Buddhism
		The Theravada school of Buddhism was the first one to emerge after the Buddha's parinirvana (Death).
		Sometimes nirvana is referred to by the Buddha as 'unborn' and 'unconditioned', in contrast to the phenomenal world we experience in our unenlightened state.
		It is also known as Parinirvana and is celebrated by some Buddhists on February 15th.
	www.urbandharma.org /udnl2/nl033004.html (3983 words)

	Parinirvana Day
		Parinirvana Day is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Buddhists celebrate the death of the Buddha, because they believe that having attained Enlightenment he achieved freedom from physical existence and its sufferings.
		The dates of Buddhist festivals and the way they are celebrated vary from country to country, and between Buddhist traditions.
	www.experiencefestival.com /parinirvana_day (306 words)

	Buddha's Parinirvana
		Towards midnight of the same day, the event known in Buddhist terminology as the Parinirvana, or "Final Nirvana," took place.
		One scripture gives an eloquent description of the scene: "The trees burst into full bloom out of season, bent down over the Buddha, and showered his body with their flowers, as if to do him supreme honor.
		The sculptor has followed the canonical descriptions of the Parinirvana.
	eroticpaintings.com /product/EN27 (323 words)

	Zenshuji Classes--Dr. Kato's Lecture Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Where nirvana means enlightenment, parinirvana means the superior and perfect enlightenment, which refers to the death of Buddha.
		2) During the last three months of Buddha life as he was moving toward his parinirvana, he organized his teachings and prepared them for others to follow in the future.
		This chapter is Dogen's interpretation of the Buddha's final teachings before his parinirvana.
	www.zenshuji.org /classes_kato0201.html (693 words)

	Buddha's Enlightenment day
		For the Theravadin tradition (SE Asian countries such as Shrilanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and so on), this day is called Wesak and is celebrated this year on Tuesday 4th of May, which is the full-moon of the fifth month of the solar year.
		In the Tibetan calendar (which is a lunar calendar) the Buddha's Enlightenment and parinirvana will be celebrated on the full-moon of Thursday 3rd June this year.
		We shall be holding our Annual Sangha Celebration on Saturday and Sunday (May 29th and 30th) thinking of it as a celebration of the Buddha's birth, Enlightenment and parinirvana as well as a celebration of our Sangha and of the mutual support we get from practising together as a community.
	www.ahs.org.uk /?action=article&ID=823 (788 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Parinirvana= Cittavimutta (emancipated Will)
		Parinirvana= Cittavimutta (emancipated Will), Parinirvana defined as per doctrine.
		The purified mind/will (citta) being equal to Parinirvana:
		Said immediately after the physical death of Gotama Buddha wherein his mind (citta) is =parinirvana=the essence of liberation.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=9005 (452 words)

	Nirvana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Nirvana, then, is not a place nor a state, it is an absolute truth to be realized, and a person can do so without dying.
		The ultimate goal of Buddhism is realization of nirvana; what happens to a man after his parinirvana cannot be explained, as it is outside of all conceivable experience.
		As a negation of samsara/ (i.e., the whole phenomenal world), nirvana is impossible to define directly; it can only be experienced or realized.
	www.infothis.com /find/Nirvana (1139 words)

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		If we are born there because we become enlightened then Sukhavati (the Pure Land) could be thought of as Parinirvana.
		Then it became a being who refused to enter parinirvana until all sentient beings did so together (a Chinese invention).
		If Sukhavati is Parinirvana, however, and bodhisattvas are able to be reborn there then a bodhisattva cannot refuse to enter Parinirvana.
	www.luckymojo.com /esoteric/religion/buddhism/0000.bdsmpld.cf (1074 words)

	What is Parinirvana & Effector?
		Find answers about what parinirvana & effector is
		from a description of parinirvana & effector and meaning of parinirvana & effector.
		Outline of the Self ::: The Characteristics of the Self ::: The Effectors of Parinirvana
	selfknowledge.com /dtefop.htm (46 words)

	Parinirvana
		Shady....if you ever say the WNBA and the MLB are on the same level again i will take a bat and show you how to hit a long ball by demonstrating on your face.
		Due to creative differences dotcathe has stepped down as admin to Parinirvana and created a new site with the old style.
		Despite not having admin status dotcathe will continue to be part of the Parinirvana team.
	prenirvana.blogspot.com (3070 words)

	Buddha
		The events leading up to his, birth, enlightenment and parinirvana, are told in twelve acts of Buddha.
		The Buddha went off to meditate under a tree laying on his right side, in the lion position, he passed into Parinirvana.
		His Body was cremated, and the relics divided into eight parts.
	www.angelfire.com /rings/novice-buddest/Bubbha.htm (1929 words)

	The Great Parinirvana Sutra
		They held each other’s hands and again exclaimed, "The worldly existence is vacant and the merits of sentient beings are exhausted.
		He has proclaimed a variety of wondrous Dharmas, the secret of which are the very core of the scriptural gateways.
		Because of the consummation of these eight flavors, it is called the Great Parinirvana.
	www.mandala.hr /3/mahaparinirvana.html (21916 words)

	The Shambhala Arhcives: 2003 Adopt A Tape!
		April 4th marks the parinirvana of Vidyadhara the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Shambhala.
		In the 1970s, his was the primary voice to proclaim the dharma in North America in our native language, so courageously and so directly that hundreds of thousands of people heard the noble truth of the Buddha for the first time.
		This year you again have an opportunity to help the Shambhala Archives preserve the voice, and thus the wisdom, of this great man. Parinirvana Day 2003 marks the third year of the “Adopt a Tape” program.
	www.shambhalashop.com /archives/adopt/tape.html (475 words)

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