N Quotes
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“Nirvana is not really a physical place, although sometimes I talk about it as if it were. It is not really an experience, although sometimes I mention it as if it was.”
Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.”
“Nirvana is outside the fun house. You are walking around in the fun house forever.”
“Nirvana is right here, before our eyes.”
“Nirvana is something that cannot be known here. I know it seems incongruous, but it is only incongruous from the perspective of the dialectical consciousness of division, of time and space”
“Nirvana is something within you. It is not an external reality. No god thunders down from the mountaintop. Just as the great mystics in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths all discovered, God is within the self. God is virtually inseparable from ourselves.”
“Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center of its mind is nirvana.”
“Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.”
Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“Nirvana is the moment chaos finds a hiding place.”
“Nirvana is the other side, the source of all things, where all the aggregates come from, where the templates of infinity are.”
“Nirvana is the pure and perfect schness of thatness of being.”
“Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like the black, dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.”
“Nirvana is very funny. It's not sincere particularly. It's rather frivolous, actually.”
“Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it.”
Source: Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek
“Nirvana isn’t merchandise for sale. Any religion can sell a paradise, a pure land, or nirvāṇa. But is nirvāṇa a product that the Buddha and ancestral teachers want to sell us? Is it a promised land or paradise up in the sky, which people try to sell us saying: “If you follow our religion, if you become a member of our congregation, then after you die you will have nirvāṇa or the Kingdom of Heaven”? We can see clearly that it is not.”
Source: Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada
“Nirvana isn't a physical place. It is not like going to heaven. It just means no more individualized awareness, no aggregate body of experience.”
“Nirvana manifests as ease, as love, as connectedness, as generosity, as clarity, as unshakable freedom. This isn’t watering down nirvana. This is the reality of liberation that we can experience, sometimes in a moment and sometimes in transformative ways that change our entire life”
“Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction.”
Source: Shinjo: Reflections
“Nirvana opojna tajanstva, znak za smisao pruža.”
Source: Krugovanje
“Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.”
Source: The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
“Nirvana really touched me as a teenager and started making me pay attention to music as a participatory thing that I could do. Music that you want to throw your body into it - that's a feeling that I'm not quite satisfied with having made yet.”
“Nirvana's music dragged you across the floor. You felt every crack; every speck of dirt. Their songs helped you locate the places where you ached, and in that awareness of your hurting, you suddenly knew that the bleakness was collective - not merely your own.”
Source: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
“Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.”
“Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America.”
“Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.”
“Nirvana's amazing, but they're just never going to find another one, there's no artist development anymore, you're never going to have a U2, you're never going to have a Bruce Springsteen, those guys didn't make it off of their first single and real artists probably won't make it off of their first singles.”
“Nirvana's not like anything you've ever known or experienced because it can't be known or experienced.”
“Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertising executives, product manufacturers, merchandise distributors, fashion coordinators, and rock imitators, the latter of whom have yet to equal the sincerity, power, and wit of Nirvana.”
“NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“Nirvikalpa samadhi is a state of no mind, beyond the ten thousand states of mind, where there is nothing but perfection, where the self no longer exists...the ego dissolves into immortality.”
“Nirvikalpa samadhi is another matter. I don't feel that's really up to us. That happens at a certain time when our being has gone through countless changes and refinements.”
“Nirvikalpa samadhi is another matter. In order to enter into nirvikalpa samadhi, you must have a great deal of humility.”
“Nirvikalpa Samadhi means that you've gone off the board; you've gone off the map. There is no way to describe it. You have attained liberation and are no longer bound by the cycle of existence. You just are, and yet you're not, at the same time.”
“Nirvikalpa Samadhi means you are sitting in meditation and you go beyond the planes of light to nirvana. Then you come back and here you are "back in the saddle again".”
“Nirvikalpa samadhi or sahaja samadhi is all the way up. You get above the cloud line to the land of eternal snows and it's ecstasy beyond ecstasy.”
“Nisa and Poe were curled up in her large dog bed together, napping peacefully. Poe's tongue was out in a permanent blep as he slept, and Nisa's head was tucked under Poe's chin, narrowly avoiding his tongue.
"Oh. My. Gulay. This is the cutest thing ever!" I whipped out my phone and started snapping a million pictures.
Elena nodded. "I know. I had no idea I needed small dogs spooning in my life, but this has made my entire week. They are so sweet together.”
Source: Blackmail and Bibingka
“Nisam propustio, ipak, da zapazim šta je značila istinska vera, samim tim i snažna motivacija za fizički rad, kod onih medicinara sa kojima sam studirao, a koji su sa četrdesetak kilograma telesne težine postajali udarnici. Ništa im nije bilo teško da urade, nisu se razboleli od preteškog rada, a još su stizali da uče i da spremaju za večernje konferencije markstističke referate! To mi je bila prva vera i iskreno ubeđenje, kao što sam, još tada, naslutio na kojim temeljima počiva psihosomatska medicina, tj. kada se i zbog čega ljudi uopšte razboljevaju.”
Source: 50 pitanja i 50 odgovora iz hrišćansko-psihoterapeutske prakse
“Nisam znao sve do mnogo godina poslije da brak ima tri faze. Prva faza je da ti govoriš, a tvoja žena sluša. Druga faza je da ona govori, a ti slušaš. A treća faza je da oboje govorite, a susjedi slušaju.”
Source: A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story
“NISAN KEEMPAT
tanah pesarean
hening.
angin wetan
membawa bau akar basah
dan jejak rotasi
yang belum hilang.
aku berdiri
di samping istrimu—
tubuhnya goyah
seperti daun sawo yang dipagut gerimis.
anak-anakmu diam,
mata mereka retak
seperti kendi tua
yang pernah jatuh
di pawon rumah.
dari kejauhan
puisi tercenung
ia tak menunduk.
tak ikut berduka.
ia hanya mencatat luka
yang merembes
pelan
ke tanah liat.
kafan menutupi wajahmu.
pundakmu dipeluk tanah.
suara cangkul
terdengar seperti ratap
yang tak ingin pergi.
seekor prenjak
meloncat di ranting randu.
sekali.
dua kali.
hening.
lalu terbang ke arah barat—
seakan memberi kabar
kepada leluhur
bahwa satu jiwa
telah kembali.
asap dupa
naik pelan
seperti nyala
yang kehilangan tuhan.
di ujungnya
warna abu
bergetar
mencari arah pulang.
“Ruh…”
hanya itu yang sempat keluar.
sisanya
adalah gumam
yang tak sempat
menjadi doa.
dulu
aku kehilangan kangmas Danu
tanpa tahu apa artinya mati.
lalu aku terlambat kepulangan Bapak.
terlambat kepergian Ibuk.
kini
ketelambatan itu kembali
duduk di belakangku
seperti bayang waktu
yang enggan beranjak.
nisanmu ditegakkan.
dingin.
sederhana.
tanpa nama.
sepotong batu
yang menimbang
keberadaan
dengan cara
yang terlalu sunyi.
dari sela tanah
angin kecil muncul—
membawa bau jamur,
rumput liar,
dan sesuatu
yang tak dapat kusebut.
mungkin itu suwung,
mungkin langgatan,
mungkin waskita
getar kecil
yang tersisa
dari tubuhmu.
anakmu memanggil pelan.
istrimu menggigit bibir.
aku menahan napas
sebab tak ada kata
yang benar-benar bisa
mengantar jiwa.
geguritan di kejauhan
hanya penanda
mengambil satu langkah mundur
melipat waktu yang berjalan lambat
cahaya sore
mengiris tubuhnya
tipis seperti garis
di punggung keris tua.
di langit
awan bergerak ke selatan.
pelan.
seperti tangan
yang ditangkupkan
atau melambai
bahwa sesuatu
sedang ditutup.
dan aku tahu—
di bawah nisanmu
satu pintu telah terbuka
di dalam Syamaloka:
pintu gelap
yang menghubungkan
Danu,
Bapak,
Ibuk,
kau,
dan batu nisan berikutnya
yang mungkin
adalah nisan
dari batin
kami sendiri.
Desember 2025”
“Nisandan beri içimde hep aynı his vardı; sanki bir şeyi bekliyordum. Ama beklediğim şeyin ne olduğuna dair hiçbir fikrim yoktu.”
Source: All the Bright Places
“Nischay is One’s own real form as the Self, whereas vyavahaar (the relative) is one’s own fault.”
Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel
“Nischay (the firm resolve to remain as the Self) is within One's [the Self] control (Swadhin), vyavahaar (the relative; worldly interactions) is out of One's control (paradhin; subject to scientific circumstantial evidences) whereas the resultant effect [of vyavahaar] is even further out of One's control. We [the Self] only have to make the firm resolve to remain as the Self and not worry about vyavahaar. Vyavahaar is subject to external factors such as scientific circumstantial evidences.”
Source: Aptavani-2
“Nisi flashed his charismatic, mysterious smile. “Now, with this in mind, are you ready to take the next step?”
Despite Caleb’s attempts at caution—at circumspection and even suspicion—the man’s words stirred his blood. They teased the possibilities of the power within his reach, real power extending far beyond parlor tricks and personal protection to a place where the course of life itself could be changed.
“I am.”
Source: Rubicon
“Nisi to što si
Mrak si
Što svetlost u sebi traži”
Source: Krugovanje
“Nisipopiga simu hupigi. Usipopiga sipigi. Hicho ni kiburi.”
“Nisipul...
Lucrurile care aveau formă păreau goale de orice conţinut cînd erau puse alături de nisip. Singurul factor sigur era mişcarea lui. Nisipul era antiteza formei.”
Source: The Woman in the Dunes
“Nisipurile nu se odihnesc niciodată, încet dar sigur, ele invadează şi distrug suprafaţa pămîntului.
Imaginea nisipului în veşnică curgere îl impresionase nespus de mult. Ariditatea nisipului, aşa cum este descrisă de obicei, nu se datorează numai uscăciunii lui, ci, pe cît se pare, şi mişcării neîncetate, care îl face neprimitor pentru orice vietate. Cîtă deosebire faţă de felul trist în care oamenii se ţin strîns legaţi unii de alţii ani de-a rîndul.
Desigur că nisipul nu este un mediu prielnic vieţii. Dar poate fi oare considerată stabilitatea o condiţie absolut indispensabilă pentru existenţă ? Nu cumva odioasa luptă pentru întrecere apare tocmai pentru că încercăm să ne menţinem într-o poziţie imobilă? Dacă am renunţa la aceasiă poziţie şl ne-am lăsa duşi de mişcările nisipurilor, lupta ar înceta repede. De fapt, în deşerturi înfloresc flori şi îşi duc viaţa insecte şi alte animale. Ele reuşesc să scape de lupta întrecerii prin marea lor capacitate de adaptare -ca, de exemplu, familia coleopterelor vecine cu omul.”
Source: The Woman in the Dunes
“Nisisen tampoco había ganado un premio jamás, pero, al contrario que yo, acabaría por hacerlo, y ser publicado, y ganar otros premios, más dinero, más amigos, más contactos… y escribir peor, mucho peor, lo cual es tan previsible que roza ya el cliché del genial artista etéreo que se vuelve calculadora de carne y hueso en cuanto se reflejan los primeros números sobre sus ojos, sus bolsillos, su mente, su corazón, su alma...”
Source: Nisisen
“Nismo li možda tijekom vremena tumačili kršćanstvo suviše isključivo kao religiju osjetljivu za grijeh te u skladu s tim premalo osjetljivu za trpljenje?”
Source: Memoria passionis: Ein provozierendes Gedächtnis in pluralistischer Gesellschaft