Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Nirvana

This kanji means Nirvana.
We say Nehan.
Nirvana is the supreme state free from suffering and individual existence.
It is a state Buddhists refer to as "Enlightenment". It is the ultimate goal of all Buddhists.

1 comment:

Eclipse said...

in Chinese it's

涅磐

how wonderful..that Japanese Kanji uses the "槃" and the Chinese Kanji uses the "磐"

不同在木与石