Early Buddhism

Extinguishment is Bliss

Nibbānasukhasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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Sāriputta declares that extinguishment is bliss, precisely because nothing is felt there. He explains this apparent paradox with reference to the nine progressive meditations.

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