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Siddhartha Gautama meditated about the way to reach a state of perfect peace, also called
A
alms.
B
nirvana.
C
the Four Noble Truths.
D
Buddhism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. In Buddhism, nirvana is the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person’s individual desires and suffering go away.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Buddhist tradition, nirvana has commonly been interpreted as the extinction of the “three fires", or “three poisons", greed (raga), aversion (dvesha) and ignorance (moha). When these fires are extinguished, release from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) is attained.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nirvana literally means “quenching” or “blowing out, ‘’ in the way that the flame of a candle is blown out.

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