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- Udana VIII.4
- Nibbana Sutta
- Parinibbana (4)
- 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 ... the bhikkhus with
a Dhamma talk connected with Nibbana, and those bhikkhus ... were intent on listening to
Dhamma.
Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired
utterance:
For the supported there is instability, for the unsupported there is no instability;
when there is no instability there is serenity; when there is serenity there is no
inclination: when there is no inclination there is no coming-and-going; when there is no
coming-and-going there is no decease-and-uprising; when there is no decease-and-uprising
there is neither "here" nor "beyond" nor "in between the
two." Just this is the end of suffering.
See also: Ud VIII.1; Ud
VIII.2; Ud VIII.3.