Nehan

* This curious saying is the only one in my collection containing the word Nehan (Nirvana), and is here inserted chiefly for that reason.

In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

"Nirvana" (Nehan): they have been taught only the simpler forms of the religion; and in dwelling upon these, it will be needless to consider differences of sect and dogma.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Vision, the Infinite Memory, and melt into the bliss of Nehan, as a white cloud melts into the summer 's blue.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The common people seldom speak of Nehan, and have little knowledge of those profound doctrines to which the term is related.

In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

But these suffering ones think never of Nehan; love's union, their supremest wish, may be reached, they fancy, through the pang of a single death.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Songs such as Cher Lloyd's Swagger Jagger, 'sung' by the less than sugar sweet Ugly Sisters Canderel (Vickery) and Demerera (Simon Nehan) - looking for all the world like a pair of space age Vicky Pollards, and a wonderful version of Katy Perry's Fireworks, performed with gusto by the eminently talented Cinderella - Lauren Morgan, added to the thoroughly modern makeover.

WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

Cinderella was brought to the stage by a host of well-known faces including Alex Winters from Cbeebies who played Buttons and RCT stalwart writer and performer Frank Vickery, one half of the Ugly Sisters alongside Simon Nehan.

WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

Nehan, feckless Welsh drifter who has fathered Michael, and whose dancing seduces the women.

WalesOnline - Home 2010

[Amitabha Mantra: Om Amideva Hrih] [15th Tibetan day, UT Full Moon day] * 2 / 15: Nehan -- Zen Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's paranirvana (483 BCE).

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

Then a sound of sobbing is suddenly whelmed by the resonant booming of the great fish's-head, as the high-pitched voices of the leaders of the chant begin the grand Nehan-gyo, the Sutra of Nirvana, the song of passage triumphant over the Sea of Death and Birth; and deep below those high tones and the hollow echoing of the mokugyo, the surging bass of a century of voices reciting the sonorous words, sounds like the breaking of a sea:

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877