Nibbida, Nibbidā: 7 definitions
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Nibbida means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Disenchantment; aversion; disgust; weariness. The skillful turning away of the mind from the conditioned samsaric world towards the unconditoned, the transcendent - nibbanaF Disgust. Exasperation from sansara.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nibbidā : (f.) aversion; disgust; weariness.
Nibbidā, (f.) (Sk. nirvid, f. (also BSk. e.g. Lal. V, 300) & nirveda; to nibbindati) weariness, disgust with worldly life, tedium, aversion, indifference, disenchantment. N. is of the preliminary & conditional states for the attainment of Nibbāna (see nibbāna II B 1) & occurs frequently together with virāga, vimutti & nibbāna in the formula: etaṃ ekanta-nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya ... sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati “this leads to being thoroughly tired (of the world), to dispassionateness, to destruction (of egoism), to perfect wisdom, to Nibbāna, ” e.g. at D. I, 189; S. V, 82, 179, 255, 361; A. III, 83; IV, 143; V, 216.—In other connections: Vin. I, 15 (nibbidāya cittaṃ saṇṭhāsi); D. III, 130 sq.; S. II, 30; III, 40; 179, 189; IV, 86, 141 (read nibbidāya for nibbindāya?); A. I, 51, 64; III, 19, 200, 325 sq.; IV, 99, 336; V, 2 sq. , 311 sq.; J. I, 97; IV, 471, 473; Sn. 340; Ps. I, 195; II, 43 sq.; Vbh. 330; Nett 27, 29; Vism. 650. Cp. abhi°. (Page 365)
[Pali to Burmese]
nibbidā—
(Burmese text): သံသရာဝဋ်ဆင်းရဲ၌-ငြီးငွေ့-မမွေ့လျော်-ခြင်း၊ သံသရာဝဋ်ဆင်းရဲ၌-ငြီးငွေ့-မမွေ့လျော်-တတ်-ကြောင်းဖြစ်-သော ဝိပဿနာဉာဏ်။ (က) သံသရာဝဋ်ဆင်းရဲ၌-ငြီးငွေ့-မမွေ့လျော်-တတ်-ကြောင်းဖြစ်- သော ဗလဝဝိပဿနာဉာဏ်။ (ခ) သံသရာဝဋ်ဆင်းရဲ၌-ငြီးငွေ့-မမွေ့လျော်-တတ်-ကြောင်းဖြစ်- သော ဝုဋ္ဌာနဂါမိနီ ဝိပဿနာဉာဏ်။
(Auto-Translation): The wisdom of insight is the ability to be indifferent, not to be disturbed, and not to be swayed in the context of worldly suffering. (a) The power of insight that enables one to be indifferent, not to be disturbed, in the context of worldly suffering. (b) The wisdom of insight from the viewpoint of the body that allows one to be indifferent, not to be disturbed, in the context of worldly suffering.
Nibbidā (in Pali) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 厭患 [yàn huàn]: “disillusion”.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+6): Nibbida Sutta, Nibbida-nana, Nibbidabahula, Nibbidabahulasutta, Nibbidahetu, Nibbidajanana, Nibbidajananabyapara, Nibbidajananattha, Nibbidanakara, Nibbidanuloma, Nibbidanulomi, Nibbidanulominana, Nibbidanupassana, Nibbidanupassana-nana, Nibbidanupassanapatilabha, Nibbidanupassi, Nibbidapannatti, Nibbidapatippassaddhanta, Nibbidapatippassaddhinana, Nibbidapatisamyutta.
Full-text (+10): Nibbida Sutta, Nibbidapatisamyutta, Nibbidupacara, Nibbidupanisa, Nibbidabahula, Kilesanibbida, Nibbidapannatti, Nibbidanuloma, Nibbidathana, Nibbidasamyuta, Nibbida-nana, Nibbidajananattha, Nananibbida, Nibbidajanana, Nibbidajananabyapara, Nibbidanupassana, Nibbidanupassi, Nibbidahetu, Nirvida, Abhinibbida.
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Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya (by Le Chanh)
7. Bhuta-sutta (“Become or Come to be”) < [Appendix 1 - Buddha's teachings on Ahara (Pali texts and English translations)]
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 10 - Mahāvajira Insight Knowledge (Vipassanā-ñāṇa) < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
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Appendix 9 - The Stages Of Insight < [Appendix And Glossary]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
121 Types of Consciousness < [Chapter I - Different Types of Consciousness]
Attainments < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
The Path of Purification < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
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Bodhinyana (by Ajahn Chah)
Part 8 - Disenchantment < [Chapter 7 - Reading The Natural Mind]