"This is peaceful, this is sublime - that is ... NIbbāna" | Ajahn Kovilo
Channel: Clear Mountain Monastery
Date: 2023-06-01

0:58 Introduction to the Nibbāna Mantra
3:00 Guided Meditation with the Nibbāna Mantra
11:20 Mantras in the Pāli Canon?
15:00 1) "Etaṃ santaṃ ..." "This is peaceful ..."
19:08 2) "... etaṃ paṇītaṃ ..." "... this is sublime ..."
22:11 3) "... yadidaṃ sabba-saṅkhāra-samatho ..." "... that is the stilling of all activities ..."
26:04 4) "... sabb-ūpadhi-paṭinissaggo ..." "... the relinquishing of all acquisitions ..."
28:47 5) "... taṇhā-kkhayo ..." "... the destruction of craving ..." 
30:16 6) "... virāgo ..." "... dispassion ..."
30:24 7) "... nirodho ..." "... cessation ..."
30:54 8) "... Nibbānanaṁ." "Nibbāna."
33:00 Q&A

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo speaks on the Canonical recollection of Nibbāna: “Etaṃ santaṃ, etaṃ paṇītaṃ - yadidaṃ sabba-saṅkhāra-samatho, sabb-ūpadhi-paṭinissaggo, taṇhā-kkhayo, virāgo, nirodho, nibbānanaṁ” - “‘This is peaceful, this is sublime - that is, the stilling of all activities, the relinquishing of all acquisitions, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna.” 

For more information see:
- The following suttas: AN 11.7, AN 11.8, AN 10.60, AN 3.32, AN 9.36, AN 11.18, AN 11.19
- Chapter 6 of P.A. Payutto's Buddhadhamma: https://buddhadhamma.github.io/nibbana-supreme-peace.html
- The Nibbāna Sermons by K. Ñāṇānanda: http://lirs.ru/do/sutra/Nibbana_Sermons,Nanananda.pdf

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