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Nirvana : One meaning is cessation of the ego, and the other meaning is cessation of all desires.

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Nirvana has two meanings. It is one of the most beautiful words; any language can be proud of this word. It has two meanings, but those two meanings are like two sides of the same coin. One meaning is cessation of the ego, and the other meaning is cessation of all desires. It happens simultaneously. The ego and the desires are intrinsically together, they are inseparably together. The moment ego dies, desires disappear, or vice versa: the moment desires are transcended, ego is transcended. And to be desireless, to be egoless, is to know the ultimate bliss, is to know the eternal ecstasy.

 

-Osho, "Come, Come, Yet Again Come, #4, Q3"

 

 

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Osho Dictionary

A Spiritual Dictionary for the Here and Now

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No. Category Subject
21 N Nature : We are nature; to fight with nature is to fight with oneself.
20 N Nature : You are part of nature
19 N Need : Want and need are totally different.
18 N Negativity : The negative person is afraid of his own negativity.
17 N Nervousness : There is nobody who is in any way different from you.
16 N Neurosis : Neurosis is a deep hankering after attention, and if you give it attention, you feed it
15 N Neurosis : Not being happy with yourself is neurosis
14 N New : Only with the new is life. Only with the new, and only with the new is life. Life has to be fresh. Remain a learner, never become a knower.
13 N Night : The night is the time of the mystic, the day is the time of the warrior.
» N Nirvana : One meaning is cessation of the ego, and the other meaning is cessation of all desires.
11 N No : Whenever you say no, you can feel power; whenever you say yes, you can feel love
10 N No-Mind : The insistence of all the great masters of the world that the door to reality is no-mind.
9 N No-Self : You are just a mirror reflecting nothing.
8 N No-thingness : Nothingness is your very nature.
7 N No-thinking : Thoughts are not yours; they are just floating in the air.
6 N Nobodiness : You are nobody. You are born as a nobodiness with no name, no form. You will die as a nobody.
5 N Non-identification : Non-identified is to be in god, other-worldly.
4 N Non-Possessiveness : Non-possessiveness does not mean forsaking external things, it means attaining inner fulfillment.
3 N Nonviolence : Never do violence of your own accord, but never allow anybody else to do it to you either.
2 N Nothingness : Nothingness can either be just emptiness or it can be a tremendous fullness. It can be negative, it can be positive.
1 N Nudity : The whole of nature is nude except man.
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