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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