Nibbāna Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][pts] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā Sāriputto vajjīsu Viharati||
Ukkavelāyaṁ Gaṅgāya nadiyā tīre.|| ||

Atha kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yen'āyasmā Sāriputto ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā Sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.|| ||

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho Sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṁ Sāriputtaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"'Nibbānaṁ nibbāṇan' ti||
āvuso Sāriputta vuccati.|| ||

Katamannu kho āvuso Nibbānan" ti?|| ||

"Yo kho āvuso rāga-k-khayo||
dosa-k-khayo||
moha-k-khayo.|| ||

Idaṁ vuccati Nibbānan" ti.

"Atthi pan'āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāyā" ti?|| ||

"Atthi kho āvuso Maggo||
atthi paṭipadā||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāyā" ti.|| ||

[262] "Katamo pan'āvuso Maggo||
katamā paṭipadā||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāyā" ti?|| ||

"Ayam eva kho āvuso Ariyo Aṭṭh'aṅgiko Maggo||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya,||
seyyath'īdaṁ:|| ||

Sammā-diṭṭhi||
sammā-saṅkappo||
sammā-vācā||
sammā-kammanto||
sammā-ājīvo||
sammā-vāyāmo||
sammā-sati||
sammā-samādhi.|| ||

Ayaṁ kho āvuso Maggo||
ayaṁ paṭipadā||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāyā" ti.|| ||

"Bhaddako āvuso Maggo||
bhaddikā paṭipadā||
etassa Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya,||
alañca pan'āvuso Sāriputta appamādāyā" ti.|| ||