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Nirvana

Nirvana

Rock1987–1994United States1990s2000s2010s1970s

About Nirvana

Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering (duḥkha) and from the cycle of birth and rebirth (saṃsāra). In Indian religions, nirvana is sometimes used as a synonym of moksha and mukti. All Indian religions assert it to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, and highest happiness; liberation from attachment and worldly suffering; and the ending of samsara, the cycle of existence. However, non-Buddhist and Buddhist traditions describe these terms for liberation differently. In Hindu philosophy, it is the union of or the realization of the identity of Atman with Brahman, depending on the Hindu tradition. In Jainism, nirvana is also the soteriological goal, representing the release of a soul from karmic bondage and samsara. The Buddhist concept of nirvana is the abandonment of the 10 fetters, marking the end of rebirth by stilling the "fires" that keep the process of rebirth going.

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Formed

1987 – 1994

Origin

United States

Discography

Bleach (1989)

Nevermind (1991)

Virgin Songs (1992)

Down With Me (1992)

Seventh Heaven (1992)

Before We Ever Minded (1992)

Incesticide (1992)

In Utero (1993)

MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)

Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)

From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)

Nirvana (2002)

Greatest Hits (2002)

With the Lights Out (2004)

Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)

Members

Dale Crover

Dale Crover

drummer

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

multi-instrumentalist

Krist Novoselic

Krist Novoselic

bassist

Chad Channing

Chad Channing

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