Possible Clues:

• Transcendental state
• Buddhist 23
• In North America, country welcoming very blissful state
• 'Transcendent state, the final goal of Buddhism (7)'
• Northern Irish state, including heartlands of Omagh and Warrenpoint, is heaven
• State of enlightenment
• Article by northern man about king's blissful state
• The last place a Buddhist wants to go
• Leaders in Iran working for perfect state
• The blessed rain came all round the van