Advanced Thai Conversation (Nibbana Topic) : Nibbana is truly the end of suffering

 

Advanced Thai Conversation (Nibbana Topic) : Nibbana is truly the end of suffering

           If someone tells them that the Buddha did not teach about the matters concerning happiness, but taught only about suffering and the cessation of suffering, they would say that it is not true. If someone tells them that the Buddha had said the 'people who are yearning for this or that kindof happiness are a mere delusion and that they do not possess a real self; they would feel that it probably must be a mistake of the memory.

          If they were told that delusion itself it to be extinguished, there is only one way, that is : to eliminate the delusion of 'sankhara' (conditioned things) which is full of 'avijja' or ignorance, they would probably answer immediately that if such is the case, they do not want the end of 'dukkha' of the Buddha anymore. They would tell the person who tells them such things to go away to teach other people. So we can see that 'nibbana' is truly the end of suffering and it is just around the corner. That 'nibbana' is something which can be found at any place or anywhere in general is one wonderful aspect of it.

From : 'Nibbana'  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu 

Translated from Thai to English by Dr. J. Ratana Nantho Bhikkhu

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