Friends:
What are the qualities of
Nibbâna?
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 ...
More on this uncreated
state - Nibbāna (Sanskrit =
Nirvana):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/climax_of_calm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Reaching_Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2_Nibbanas.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Nibbana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Nibbana_or_non-return.htm
Pure is Peace...
Have
a
nice
&
noble
day!
Friendship is the
Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita
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Bhikkhu Samahita
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