What are the differences between "Nirvana" in Buddhism and "Moksha" in Hinduism? A few days ago, I came across an article on Buddhism primarily about "Nirvana."
 After I read the article, I started to wonder because "Nirvana" sounds similar to Hinduism's "Moksha."  Does anyone know about possible parallels between the two concepts?  Are "Moksha" and "Nirvana" essentially the same?  If they are not similar, what are the differences between the two religious teachings?

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Moksha and Nirvana are the same in that:


The cycle of live, death and rebirth is broken
once attained, one is free from Samsara
It's attainable through practise
Meditation techniques are employed in attaining both


They differ in that:


Moksha tends to explained as a merger with Atman, or Brahma which Buddhist don't believe.


Their main philosophical difference is found in the wiki quote:


  Nirvana, a concept common in Buddhism, is the realization that there
  is no self nor consciousness; while moksha, a concept common in many
  schools of Hinduism, is acceptance of Self, realization of liberating
  knowledge, the consciousness of Oneness with all existence and
  understanding the whole universe as the Self. Nirvana starts with
  the premise that there is no Self, moksha on the other hand, starts
  with the premise that everything is the Self; there is no
  consciousness in the state of nirvana, but everything is One unified
  consciousness in the state of moksha.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksha