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Itivuttaka 44

Nibbānadhātusutta

Facets of Quenching · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected One·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme was heardsutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

two·these“Dvemā, mendicantsbhikkhave, extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātuyo.
whatKatamā twodve?
with·residue·remainingSaupādisesā andca extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu, no·residue·remaininganupādisesā andca extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu.

“There are, mendicants, these two elements of extinguishment. What two? The element of extinguishment with residue, and the element of extinguishment with no residue.

whatKatamā andca, monksbhikkhave, with·residue·remainingsaupādisesā extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu?
hereIdha, monksbhikkhave, a mendicantbhikkhu a perfected onearahaṁ ishoti with defilements endedkhīṇāsavo completed the spiritual journeyvusitavā done·to be donekatakaraṇīyo laid down·burdenohitabhāro achieved·own goalanuppattasadattho utterly ended·existence·fetterparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano right understanding·freedsammadaññāvimutto.
hisTassa remain·stilltiṭṭhanteva the five sense facultiespañcindriyāni whoseyesaṁ not·gone·because ofavighātattā the agreeable and disagreeablemanāpāmanāpaṁ they continue to experiencepaccanubhoti, pleasure·painsukhadukkhaṁ against·feelspaṭisaṁvedeti.
in themTassa whichyo greed + endingrāgakkhayo, hate + endingdosakkhayo, delusion + endingmohakkhayo—
thisayaṁ is calledvuccati, monksbhikkhave, with·residue·remainingsaupādisesā extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu.

And what is the element of extinguishment with residue? It’s when a mendicant is a perfected one, with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment. Their five sense faculties still remain. So long as their senses have not gone they continue to experience the agreeable and disagreeable, to feel pleasure and pain. The ending of greed, hate, and delusion in them is called the element of extinguishment with residue.

whatKatamā andca, monksbhikkhave, not·residue·remaininganupādisesā extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu?
hereIdha, monksbhikkhave, a mendicantbhikkhu perfected onearahaṁ ishoti ended·defilementkhīṇāsavo having completed the spiritual journeyvusitavā done·made·to be donekatakaraṇīyo put down·burdenohitabhāro attained·own goalanuppattasadattho utterly ended·existence·fetterparikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano through enlightenment·freedsammadaññāvimutto.
for themTassa here + justidheva, monksbhikkhave, all·feltsabbavedayitāni not·relishedanabhinanditāni coolsīti will becomebhavissanti.
thisAyaṁ is calledvuccati, monksbhikkhave, not·residue·remaininganupādisesā extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātu.
theseImā indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, twodve extinguishment·elementnibbānadhātuyo”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on this itTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

And what is the element of extinguishment with no residue? It’s when a mendicant is a perfected one, with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment. For them, everything that’s felt, being no longer relished, will become cool right here. This is called the element of extinguishment with no residue. These are the two elements of extinguishment.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

two“Duve theseimā by the Clear-eyed Onecakkhumatā revealedpakāsitā,
extinguishment·elementNibbānadhātū by the unattachedanissitena by the unaffectedtādinā;
oneEkā indeedhi elementdhātu hereidha pertaining to this lifediṭṭhadhammikā,
with·residueSaupādisesā with the leash to existence endedbhavanettisaṅkhayā;
not·residueAnupādisesā andpana which pertains to what follows this lifesamparāyikā,
whereinYamhi ceasenirujjhanti states of existencebhavāni in every waysabbaso.

“These two elements of extinguishment have been revealed by the Clear-eyed One, the unattached, the unaffected. One element pertains to this life— that with residue though the leash to existence has ended; and that with no residue, which pertains to what follows this life, where all states of existence cease.

those whoYe this + understandetadaññāya statepadaṁ not·conditionedasaṅkhataṁ,
freed·mindVimuttacittā existence·leash·endingbhavanettisaṅkhayā;
theyTe Dhamma·attained to the heartdhammasārādhigamā in endingkhaye delightingratā,
have given upPahaṁsu theyte all·states of existencesabbabhavāni unaffected onestādino”ti.

Those who have fully understood the unconditioned state— their minds freed, the leash to existence ended— attained to the heart of the Dhamma, they delight in ending, the unaffected ones have given up all states of existence.”

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme was heardsutanti.
seventhSattamaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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