The definite decision to be free of samsara and to gain liberation, based on total conviction that a true stopping (true cessation) of suffering is possible and that a true pathway mind (true path) will bring that stopping about, and with which one is willing to give up true suffering and its true causes.
Tibetan: ངེས་འབྱུང་། nges-'byung
Sanskrit: niḥsaraṇa
Pali: nissaraṇa
J. Hopkins: Thought definitely to leave cyclic existence
Synonyms: Renunciation
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