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- Udana VIII.1
- Nibbana Sutta
- Parinibbana (1)
- Translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland
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Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Wood at
Anathapindika's monastery. On that occasion the Lord was instructing, rousing, inspiring,
and gladdening the bhikkhus with a Dhamma talk connected with Nibbana, and those bhikkhus,
being receptive and attentive and concentrating the whole mind, were intent on listening
to Dhamma.
Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired
utterance:
There is, bhikkhus, that base where there is no earth, no water, no fire, no air; no
base consisting of the infinity of space, no base consisting of the infinity of
consciousness, no base consisting of nothingness, no base consisting of
neither-perception-nor-non-perception; neither this world nor another world nor both;
neither sun nor moon. Here, bhikkhus, I say there is no coming, no going, no staying, no
deceasing, no uprising. Not fixed, not movable, it has no support. Just this is the end of
suffering.
See also: Ud VIII.2; Ud
VIII.3; Ud VIII.4.