Northern man digesting Bible, reaching a state of bliss (7)
I believe the answer is:
nirvana
'state of bliss' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'northern man digesting bible reaching a' is the wordplay.
'northern man' becomes 'nina' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'digesting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are eaten or ingested).
'bible' becomes 'rv' (Revised Version, revision of King James Bible).
'reaching' says to put letters next to each other.
'rv'+'a'='rva'
'nina' going around 'rva' is 'NIRVANA'.
(Other definitions for nirvana that I've seen before include "Buddhist state of bliss; enlightenment" , "Buddhist version of Paradise" , "Kurt Cobain group" , "Eastern place or state of bliss" , "Kurt Cobain's grunge band" .)