| Term |
nonabiding nirvana
Referenced by: nirvana, nonabiding (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | mi-gnas-pa'i mya-ngan 'das |
| Sanskrit | apratisthita-nirvana |
| Pali | |
| Definition | (1) According to the Hinayana tenet systems, the static unchanging state of full enlightenment attained by a Buddha and lasting only so long as he is alive. In this state, a Buddha does not abide in either the extreme of continued samsaric suffering or in the extreme of the passivity of a Hinayana arhat's nirvana without residue. (2) According to the Mahayana tenet systems, including Gelug Prasangika, the static unchanging state of full enlightenment attained by a Buddha and lasting forever, in which a Buddha does not abide in either the extreme of continued samsaric suffering or in the extreme of the passivity of a Hinayana arhat's nirvana without residue. |
| German | nichtverweilendes Nirvana |
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| Russian | непребывающая нирвана |
| Vietnamese | vô trụ xứ niết bàn |