Parent:: [[4 Noble Truths]] Related:: [[Parinibbana|Parinibbāna]] # Nibbāna / Nirvana (Unbinding, Extinguishment, Mind Stilled) ## What is Nibbāna? ### Nibbāna is the Highest "Happiness" ![[Dhp - 15. Sukhavagga#^nibbana-paramam-sukham]] ### Nibbana is "Unborn" and "Unconditioned" ![[Sankhata#^asankhata-sutta]] ### 2 Types of Nibbāna Dhatu > [!example] 2 Types of [[Nibbana|Nibbānadhātu]] (e.g. [[Saupadisesa & Anupadisesa|Saupādisesa & Anupādisesa]]) — In Nibbānadhātusutta ([ITI44](https://suttacentral.net/iti44/en/sujato)) > “There are, mendicants, these **two elements of extinguishment**. > _“Dvemā, bhikkhave, **==nibbānadhātuyo==**._ > > What two? > _Katamā dve?_ > > The element of extinguishment with residue, and the element of extinguishment with no residue. > _**==Saupādisesā==** ca **nibbānadhātu**, **==anupādisesā==** ca **nibbānadhātu**._ > > --- > **(1)** And what is the element of extinguishment with residue? > _Katamā ca, bhikkhave, **saupādisesā nibbānadhātu**?_ > > 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. > > _Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto._ > > **==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.** > _Tassa tiṭṭhanteva pañcindriyāni yesaṁ avighātattā manāpāmanāpaṁ paccanubhoti, sukhadukkhaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti._ > > The ending of greed, hate, and delusion in them > _Tassa yo rāgakkhayo, dosakkhayo, mohakkhayo—_ > > is called the element of extinguishment with residue. > _ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, saupādisesā nibbānadhātu._ > > --- > **(2)** And what is the element of extinguishment with no residue? > _Katamā ca, bhikkhave, **anupādisesā nibbānadhātu**?_ > > 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. > > _Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto._ > > **For them, everything that’s felt, being no longer relished, will become cool right here**. > _Tassa idheva, bhikkhave, sabbavedayitāni anabhinanditāni sīti bhavissanti._ > > This is called the element of extinguishment with no residue. > _Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anupādisesā nibbānadhātu._ > > These are the two elements of extinguishment.” > _Imā kho, bhikkhave, dve nibbānadhātuyo”ti._ ^2-types-of-nibbana ## 4 Ways to reach Nibbāna (Through Vimutti) ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vimutti-1-metta]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vimutti-2-nothingness]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vimutti-3-emptiness]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vimutti-4-animitta]] ^e1fe21 ## Liberation by Heart (Cetovimutti) and Wisdom (Paññāvimutti) ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^8d5174]] ![[Arahat#^4-types]] ## What one experiences in Vimutti? ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^9th-jhana-3-contacts]] _(Note: According to [A Manual of Abhidhamma](https://www.budsas.org/ebud/abhisgho/abhis09.htm), the above 3 correspond to seeing anatta, anicca, and dukkha)_ ### End of suffering ![[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta#^nibbana-end-of-suffering]] ### End of Identification ![[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta#^identification-stops]] ## 5 Opportunities of Vimutti ![[AN5.26 Vimuttāyatanasutta#^5-opportunities]] ## Even Nibbāna can be taken as "Mine" ![[MN1 Mūlapariyāyasutta#^nibbana-mine]] ## Videos - (2024-03-20) How many types of Vimutti or release are there? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XUjmIOjUOQ)) - In-depth explanation on the 6 ways to reach Vimutti ## Notes — Experiencing Nibbāna ![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#2023-10-13 - Experiencing Nibbana]] - https://youtu.be/cQXnW9StdrU?t=3602 ![[{Eryu} Notes on Anapanassatikatha#^2df5e6]] - Through practicing per [[(2023-01-04) Meditation on Advice to Rahula (Per MN62)]] ## Reads - [Cetovimutti pannavimutti and ubhatobhagavimutti](https://buddhistuniversity.net/exclusive_01/Types%20of%20Vimutti%20-%20Lily%20DeSilva.pdf) (by Lily De Silva) - on 3 Types of Vimutti ## Suttas - iti43 Ajātasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/iti43/en/sujato)) - Nibbana — The "unborn" and "unconditioned" Dhamma - iti44 Nibbānadhātusutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/iti44/en/sujato)) - What is the 2 kinds of quality of Nibbana? - Nibbāna can be taken as "mine" - [[MN1 Mūlapariyāyasutta]] - MN102 Pañcattayasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn102/en/sujato)) - [[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta]] - [[AN5.26 Vimuttāyatanasutta]] - #thief #5-aggregates - [[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta]] ![[Arahat#^different-liberations]]