Kolinahr

• Vulcan pursuit of the ultimate purging of all emotions, achievement of the ideal of pure c'thia (ENT: "The Andorian Incident", "Awakening"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; VOY: "Flashback", "Fury")
• Process first established in the time of Surak by his first students (ENT: "Awakening")
• Process can span years of ascetic life, withdrawl from society, meditation, processing
  • Most who pursue it fail, but the attempt is often considered a goal in itself
  • Vulcan the center of kolinahr pursuit, but off-planet monasteries also established, including P'Jem (ENT: "The Andorian Incident")
• Those who have achieved fulfillment of the process are granted the title of master
  • Masters include Haadok, Syrran, T'Klaas, T'Sai (ENT: "The Andorian Incident", "The Forge", "Awakening"; Star Trek: The Motion Picture)