Nibbāna
Nature of the cosmos / Nibbāna 
Part of tag cluster Nibbāna in key topic Fruits of the Practice
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Alternative translations: Unbinding
Also a subtag of Stages of awakening
Subtags: Deathless, Unestablished consciousness, Unconditioned
79 excerpts, 5:34:16 total duration



The Teaching and the Training, Session 11 – Mar. 29, 2018

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4. “At the beginning of this retreat, Tan Ajahn Anan advised us, “Don’t forget Nibbāna.” How do we orient ourselves towards Nibbāna?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nibbāna ] [Ajahn Anan] [Monastic life] // [Dispassion] [Cessation of Suffering] [Etymology] [Stream entry]

Sutta: AN 10.60: Girimānanda Sutta [Cessation] [Nibbāna ]

Sutta: SN 56.11: “Whatever is of the nature to arise, that is of the nature to cease.” [Conditionality]

Quote: “[The goal] is incredibly worthy, and it is not beyond our capability and means to experience.” [Nibbāna ] [Direct experience]


Honoring the Buddha: The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta – Apr. 25, 2021

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3. “Did vibhavatanha arise in any of the monks at the loss of the Buddha? How do we notice vibhavatanha in practice, and what is a wise and compassionate response?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Craving not to become ] [Death] [Grief ] [Sutta] [Buddha/Biography] // [Stream entry] [Stages of awakening] [Recollection/Dhamma] [Three Refuges] [Precepts] [Spiritual friendship] [Devotional practice] [Suffering]

Sutta: DN 16.6.10: Mahāparinibbāna Sutta [Nibbāna]

Story: The funeral of a close Wat Pah Nanachat supporter. [Funerals] [Wat Pah Nanachat]


Readings from The Island, Session 11 – Jan. 23, 2025

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8. “Did you say, ‘Nibbāna is the source of all virtue?’” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Nibbāna] [Virtue] // [Ven. Nāgasena]

Sutta: Milindapañha 320: “Nibbāna, once realized, is the source of the beauty of the virtues of all living beings.” Quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 38. [Nibbāna]

Follow-up “” [Unconditioned]

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Arahant]

Sutta: AN 9.7-8: What an arahant can’t do.

Sutta: AN 3.7: Uposatha Sutta.

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Compassion]