The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1136 page)

(Jap., ‘stillness’ + ‘extinction’). Japanese pronunciation of the two Chinese characters which represent the Skt. for
nirv
na
. It is thus an indefinable state of absolute attainment in which a buddha lives.

 
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(‘our master’,
1207–73 (AH 604–72)).
A great mystic poet of Islam and founder of the
Mawlaw
y(y)a
(Mevlevi)
S
f
order. He was born at Balkh, but his family migrated to K
nya in R
m, Anatolia, hence his surname. R
m
's meeting with the S
f
, Shams al-D
n Tabr
z
, led him to abandon his teaching career and devote himself entirely to the mystic path. From then on, R
m
, over a period of time, received divine illumination; and the love of God became the whole basis of his life. Contrary to general Muslim practice, R