0.3NibbānapañhāsuttaA Question About Extinguishment
1.1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake.At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the little village of Nālaka.11.2Atha kho jambukhādako paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.Then the wanderer Jambukhādaka went up to Venerable Sāriputta and exchanged greetings with him.21.3Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho jambukhādako paribbājako āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Sāriputta:
2.1PTS 4.252“‘Nibbānaṁ, nibbānan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘extinguishment’.32.2Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, nibbānan”ti?What is extinguishment?”
2.3“Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—“Reverend, the ending of greed, hate, and delusion2.4idaṁ vuccati nibbānan”ti.is called extinguishment.”
2.5“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for realizing this extinguishment?”
2.6“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.“There is, reverend.”
2.7“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?“Well, what is it?”
2.8“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ—“It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:2.9sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi.right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.2.10Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.This is the path, the practice, for realizing this extinguishment.”
2.11“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya.“Reverend, this is a fine path, a fine practice, for realizing this extinguishment.2.12Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.Just this much is enough for diligence.”
2.13Paṭhamaṁ.