Nibbāna is:
Total ease, complete
calm, absolute freedom, perfect happiness & pure peace… Absence of
any uncertainty, doubt, confusion, any delusion and all
ignorance… Presence of confidence, certainty, understanding all, and direct
experience… Absence of any greed, lust, desire, urge, attraction, hunger,
and temptation… Presence of imperturbable
and serene composure in an all stilled
equanimity… Absence of all hate, anger, aversion, hostility, irritation, & stubborn
rigidity… Presence of universal goodwill: An infinite & all-embracing
friendly kindness…
Nibbāna is not a place, not an idea, not a fantasy deception, not a conceit,
not a
conception, not a cause, not an effect, not finite, not definable,
not formed, not begun, not ending, not
changing, not temporal, but lasting… Nibbāna
is unborn, unbecome, unmade, uncreated, uncaused, unconditioned,
and unconstructed,
yet ultimately real… Nibbāna is void
of eye, visible
objects & visual consciousness, void of ear,
sounds &
auditory consciousness, void of nose, smells & smell consciousness,
void of tongue, tastes &
gustatory consciousness, void of body, touch & tactile
consciousness and void of mind, thoughts and mental
consciousness… Pure Peace @ Rest …
The
Blessed Buddha once said: Hard it is to see the unconstructed, the undistorted! This independent state
is
not easily realized. Craving is all cut for the One, who knows, since he sees,
that there is nothing to cling to ... !!!
Udana – Inspiration: VIII - 2
In any dependence there
is bound to be instability. In free independence there
cannot be any instability.
When there is no liable instability, no feeble wavering,
there is a quiet calm,
stillness, serenity and peace. When there is such solid tranquillity, then there is no tendency to drift,
no
attraction, neither any mental push,
nor any pull, nor any strain of appeal
or repulsion. When there is no attraction, no
drift, no bending, then there
is
no movement, no development, and neither any coming, & much less any going.
Neither
any starting, nor any ending occurs...
When there is neither any coming,
nor any going, then there is neither any
ceasing, nor any re-appearance... There being neither ceasing, nor reappearing, then there is neither any here,
there, beyond, nor in between...
This – just this – is the End of Suffering.
Udana – Inspiration: VIII - 4
Having understood this
unconstructed state, released in mind, with the chain
to becoming eliminated,
they attain to the sublime essence of all states.
Delighting in the calmed end
of craving, those steady
Noble Ones have left all
being & becoming behind.
Itivuttaka: Thus spoken 38
Nibbana
is The Highest Bliss!
One, who so knows, sees that there is
nothing to cling to ...
