Paradise

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Paradise

Paradise (/pəˈraɪdɪs/; from Ancient Greek: παράδεισος, parádeisos, "heavenly, divine") is a term that refers to a place or state of supreme happiness and peace, often associated with the afterlife in various religions.

Etymology

The word "paradise" entered English from the French paradis, inherited from the Latin paradisus, from Greek parádeisos (παράδεισος). The Greek term was used in the Septuagint, an early translation of the Hebrew Bible, to translate the word pardes, which appears in the Song of Solomon 4:13 and Ecclesiastes 2:5, referring to a park or garden.

In Religion

In many religions, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight, often identified as a form of the afterlife.

  • In Christianity, paradise is often associated with the Garden of Eden, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall of man, and heaven.
  • In Islam, paradise (Jannah) is a place of physical and spiritual pleasure where the faithful after death.
  • In Buddhism, the concept of paradise (Nirvana) is a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness along with it being the liberation from repeated rebirth in samsara.

Related Terms

  • Heaven: In many religions, the eternal final abode of the righteous.
  • Elysium: In Greek mythology, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.
  • Nirvana: In Buddhism, a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self.
  • Utopia: An imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.

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