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>nirvana It is nibbana in Pali, nirvana is in Sanskrit. The same is the case for many other words related to Buddhism and its scriptures. E.g.: Sanskrit, Pal
by fuzztester 3y ago
>nirvana
It is nibbana in Pali, nirvana is in Sanskrit.
The same is the case for many other words related to Buddhism and its scriptures.
E.g.: Sanskrit, Pali:
Sutra, sutta
bhikshu, bhikkhu
maitri, metta
ausadha, osadha
smrti, sati
trsna, tanha
drsti, ditthi
(I removed the dots and other stuff below the letters, because I was not sure they would render correctly here in HN.)
Edit: See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali
in the section "Conversion between Sanskrit and Pali forms".
And:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism
- rhuru 3y agoWhen Siddhartha becomes Buddha under the tree, he is in the state of bliss, nirvana and he has absolutely no need to go back, go back to the human world. But it was Brahma and Indra who request him to do so as per Buddha's own account.
- fuzztester 3y agoInteresting. I had read something a bit different, or maybe there is some overlap: After nirvana, he felt compassion for all the countless beings who were not there yet, so he resolved to stay until everyone got it. And that is supposed to be the difference between an arhat and a bodhisattva. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva https://www.google.com/search?q=arhat+vs+bodhisattva
- rhuru 3y agoI learned about when I came across this art. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142512/buddha-worshipped-by-the-gods-indra-and-brahma https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142512/buddha-worshipped-by-t...