Advanced Thai Conversation (Nibbana Topics) : Which place would you choose to go to? Part 1
Thai Language (NIBBANA Topic) : ธรรมทาน ๒๗ Part 1 : Which place would you choose to go to?
Oddly enough there are many Buddhists who want to attain 'nibbana' even though they do not know the slightest bit about what 'nibbana' really is. Once in the meeting I put forward a question which had nothing to do with the names of various things.
I asked "If there were two places of which one place could offer people whatever thing or things there were to ask for, while the other place could offer those who reach it the peace of mind and set them free from the binding power of every aspect of disturbing emotions untill finally nothing is left to stir the arising of all sorts of carvings, which place would you choose to go to? "
That was what I asked. Everyone who answered said that they would prefer to go to the first place. Two or three people kept silent. They were silent because they knew that the question was a trick. They were afraid to err so they kept silent. Were they to answer, they would probably choose the same answer as the rest of the group. Then I proceed to ask, ''When you reach that place, what would you want to ask for? " The reply was the best of things which they could use for making a highest merit as desired. I asked, "What for?" Some people said that they wished to do so in order to be able to go to heaven while some others hopes to be able to attain 'nibbana'.
From : 'Nibbana' Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Translated from Thai to English by Dr. J. Ratana Nantho Bhikkhu
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