NIRVĀṆA. About twenty-five centuries ago in northern India, Siddhārtha Gautama achieved nirvāṇa. That event ultimately changed the spiritual character of much of Asia and, more recently, some of the West. That...

NirvĀṆa Nirvāṇa is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice, although there has been disagreement among Buddhists concerning its nature and the means of attaining it. The word derives from a Sanskrit verbal root meaning...

This article is about the philosophical concept. For the American grunge band, see Nirvana (band). For the UK-based rock band, see Nirvana (UK band). For other uses, see Nirvana (disambiguation). Nirvāṇa ( Sanskrit: निर्वाण;...

NIRVANA With the Lights Out DGC THEDROWNEDBABY Lucky messy punks from Seattle peel down their Christinas stocking and show their context A three-CD-plus-DVD set added to the canon: pretty fancy for a band that only made three albums. Or...

Con un Oscar en su haber por Mediterráneo, la mejor película extranjera en 1992, Gabriele Salvatores bien pudo haber emigrado a Hollywood como tantos otros realizadores europeos con talento. Pero hasta ahora permanece en Italia no por pose, sino porque reconoce que un...

Much of the rock 'n' roll and pop canon is well established.Buying the albums of '60s and '70s acts like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley is akin to a rite of passage for any young music fan. These...

If you've been to a concert in recent years, you've seen the outstretched arms bearing digital cameras and cell phones that rise above the crowd like periscopes.Increasingly, the footage from those concertgoers is turning up online.YouTube and other video-sharing sites offer a lot of things,...