The Absolute and Ultimate Release Beyond!
A
wandering friend once asked the Great Disciple:
Friend
Sariputta, Nibbāna,
Nibbāna
is it said! What is this
Nibbāna?
The destruction of Greed, the destruction of Hate,
and the destruction of
Ignorance! This, friend, is called
Nibbāna ...
But, friend, is there a method, is there a way to reach this
Nibbāna?
There is indeed a method, friend, there is indeed a way to reach
Nibbāna!
What, friend, is then this method, what is then that way to reach
Nibbāna?
It is, friend, simply the completion of this Noble 8-fold Way,
namely:
Right
View (sammā-ditthi)
Right Motivation (sammā-sankappa)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Right Awareness (sammā-sati)
Right
Concentration (sammā-samādhi)
This is
undeniably the very method, friend, the only way to reach
Nibbāna!
Oh excellent is this unique method,
exquisite is this way to reach
Nibbāna!
This –in itself- is enough for me, friend Sariputta, to begin the
endeavour!
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Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV [251]
section 38:1 Questions on
Nibbāna ...
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