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[[Image:Parinirvana-2.JPG|frame|'''Shakyamuni Buddha passing into parinirvana''']]
'''Parinirvana''' (Skt. ''parinirvāṇa''; Tib. ཡོངས་སུ་མྱང་འདས་, ''yongsu nyangdé'',  [[Wyl.]] ''yongs su myang 'das'') — 'final [[nirvana]]'. The final passing beyond suffering manifested by [[buddha]]s and highly realized masters at the end of their lives. Passing into parnirvana is the twelfth of the [[twelve deeds]] of a buddha. [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] demonstrated passing into parinirvana at the age of eighty in the town of [[Kushinagara]], after saying, "It is in the nature of all things that take form to dissolve again. Strive with your whole being to attain perfection."

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