What is Nibbāna (Nirvāna)? - Explained by the Buddha | Sutta Readings | Early Buddhism
Channel: Dhamma Talks at Dhammagiri
Date: 2022-03-05

In Saṃyutta no. 43 of the Saṃyutta Nikāya the Buddha gives 32 inspiring synonyms for Nibbāna (Nirvāna) - the ultimate goal of spiritual practice and explains the way leading there.

Nibbāna is the unshakable liberation of the heart when all desire, aversion and delusion have been completely and irreversibly abandoned. By this realisation the heart has attained complete peace and liberation and found the true refuge.

The path leading to Nibbāna is mindfulness directed to the body, as explained in detail by the Buddha in Majjhima Nikāya no. 10 and 118, the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and the Ānāpānasati Sutta:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN10.html

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.html

This is an abbreviated reading of sections from the Saṃyutta no. 43 (Asaṅkhata Saṁyutta) of the Saṃyutta Nikāya.

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