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| − | '''[[Amata]]''': [[Sanskrit]] [[amrta]] [[Not to die]] = [[Deathlessness]], [[immortality]], is a [[name]] for [[Nibbana]] the final [[Liberation]] from the [[ | + | '''[[Amata]]''': [[Sanskrit]] [[amrta]] [[Not to die]] = [[Deathlessness]], [[immortality]], is a [[name]] for [[Nibbana]] the final [[Liberation]] from the [[Wheel of rebirths]] [[Samsara]], and therefore also from the [[ever-repeated deaths]], since the {{Wiki|unborn}} cannot [[die]]... The [[Deathless State]] or [[nirvana]], so called because those who attain it are free from the [[cycle of repeated birth and death]]. |
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Revision as of 21:03, 1 April 2014
Amata: Sanskrit amrta Not to die = Deathlessness, immortality, is a name for Nibbana the final Liberation from the Wheel of rebirths Samsara, and therefore also from the ever-repeated deaths, since the unborn cannot die... The Deathless State or nirvana, so called because those who attain it are free from the cycle of repeated birth and death.
