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Nibbana 200 Nibbana
nibbana-sacchikiriya, attainment of N., is mangalai]
uttamaQ A- to be achieved by means of tape, brahmacariya
and ariyasaccana-dassanar) Sn 267. — brahmacariya
(a saintly life) is n.-parayana (leading to N.)
S III. 189, cp. V.218 : also called n.-ogadha (with similar
states of mind, as nibbida, virago, vimutti) ibid.
A n.26=^It 28, cp. It 29 (nibban'-ogadha-gaminai)
b°i)). The stages of sanctification are also discussed
under the formula " nibbida virago vimutti . . .
vimuttasmir) vimuttag iti i)anai} hoti: khina jati etc."
(i. e. no more possibility of birth) S 11.124 =iv.86. -
dhamma : Buddha's teaching as the way to N.
" dhammavarar) adesayi n.-gamir) paramai) hitaya
Sn 233 ; ahar) savakanag dhamraar) desemi sattanat)
visuddhiya . . . n°assa sacchikiriyaya A v. 194, cp.
141 ; pubbe dh.-thiti-nanag paccha nibbane ftSncin ti
S n.124. — magga : Those practices of a moral & good
life embraced in the 8 fold Noble Path (ariyamagga).
Sace atthi akammena koci kvaci na jiyati nibbanassa
hi so maggo S 1.2 17; ekayano ayar) maggo sattanai)
visuddhiya . . . N°assa sacchikiriyaya D 11.290 ; S
V.167, 185 ; bhavayitva sucimaggar) n° -ogadha-gaminag
. . . Vbh 426 ; adimhi silai) dasseyya, majjhe
maggai] vibhavaye, pariyosanamhi nibbanai) . . .
DA 1. 76. — N.-gamanai) maggai): tattha me nirato
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mano " my heart rejoices in the path to Nibbana "
S 1. 186; N.-gamini pafipada A iv.83 (the path to
salvation). Cp. §§4*7. — 3. The Search for N. or the
goal of earnest endeavour, arogya-parama labha
nibbanai) paramai] sukhar), atthangiko ca magganar)
khemar) amata-gaminai) " N. is a higher bliss than
acquisition of perfect health, the eightfold Path (alone)
of all leads to perfect peace, to ambrosia " M 1.508, cp.
Dh 2114 (" the fullest gain is for health etc. ; N. is the
highest happiness " DhA 111.267). Similarly : khanti
paramar) tapo titikkha, n°i) paramai) vadanti buddha
D 11.49 =Dh 184; n°r) paramai) sukhai) : Dh 204 =Sn
237 = J 111.195 : id. : Dh 203 ; jhanag upasampajja . . .
okkamanaya n.''assa A iv.iii sq. ; cp. 230 sq. ; katuviyakato
bhikkhu . . . araka hoti N°a A 1.281 ; n°r)
ajjhagamui) sapaiifla S i.'j2 ; devalokaii ca te yanti . . .
anupubbena n^g adhigacchanti pandita A 1.162 ; n°g
abhikankhati S 1.198; abhipassati A 1.147; tinnakathankatho
visallo n.-&bhirato Sn 86 ; bhikkhu bhabbo
anuttarar) sitibhavar) sacchikatur) . . . panltAdhimutto
hoti n.-4bhirato ca A 111.435 ; n.-Abhirato . . . sabbadukkha
pamuccati S 1.38; n.-ogadhag brahraacariyai)
vussati n.-parayanag n.-pariyosanai) S Iii.i89=v.2i8 ;
n°r) gavesanto carami (Bodhisat, J 1.61). All means of
conduct & all ideals of reason & intellect lead to one end
only : Nibbana. This is frequently expressed by var.
similes in the phrase n.-ninna, °pona, °pabbhara, e. g.
S v.75 = 134 = 137 = 19(3 ; V.244; A v.75, 134, 190, 244 =
291 ; Vv
84*2
pattiya sussusa
Saddahano arahatar) dhammarj n.-
labhate pafiflai) appamatto S 1.214 =
Sn 186. cp. S 1.4^ ; Gotarao n.-patisarjyuttaya dhammiya
kathaya bhikkhu sandasseti S 1.2 14 = 192 =210 ; Ud 80 ;
n°0 pariyesati A 11.247 ; n.-pariyosana sabbe dhamma
A V.107; n.-ponai) me manasar) bhavissati, sagyojana
pahanar) gacchanti A in. 443 ; odhunitvS malai) sabbag
patva n.-sampadag muccati sabba-dukkhehi ; sa hoti
sabbasampada A iv.239 ; nibbijjha sabbaso kame
sikkhe n°g attano Sn 940, cp 106 1. — 4. Some
Epithets of Nibbana: akutobhayag A 11.24= It '22;
accutag padag (careyya aditta-siso va patthayag a. p.)
S III. 143: Sn K186; patta te acalafthanag yattha
gantva na socare Vv 51*; amatag A 11.247; M 111.224
(Bhagava attha,