Nirvana is “Extinction”. It is the transcendent state of freedom achieved by the extinction of desire and of individual consciousness. Nirvana is the supreme goal of the disciplines of meditation and yoga. The release from desire (and consequent suffering) and the continuous round of rebirths (samsara) constitutes enlightenment and the experience of nirvana. Everyone can conceive nirvana as tranquillity and peace to equate with emptiness (sunyata), the essence of the Buddha (dharma-kaya), and ultimate reality (dharma-datu).