Quotes:Nirvana

H. P. Blavatsky

Nirvana. According to the Orientalists, the entire “blowing out”, like the flame of a candle, the utter extinction of existence. But in the esoteric explanations it is the state of absolute existence and absolute consciousness, into which the Ego of a man who has reached the highest degree of perfection and holiness during life goes, after the body dies, and occasionally, as in the case of Gautama Buddha and others, during life. (See “Nirvânî”.).

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Nirvana