Definition of "nirvana" []

• Buddhism The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained disinterested wisdom and compassion. (noun)
• Hinduism Emancipation from ignorance and the extinction of all attachment. (noun)
• An ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy. (noun)

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• "What makes it worth it here, in what A Geography of Oysters author Rowan Jacobsen calls Washington's "oyster nirvana," is the belief that these waters, and these skilled farmers, have something singular to offer shellfish gourmets."
• "I later became a news producer, justifying my super nerdy television viewing habits and was in nirvana surrounded by the chaos of the control room."
• "Only 36 percent knew that nirvana is a state of being free from suffering and is an aim of Buddhism."