The two elements of in-his-life
Nibbāna
“There are two elements of
Nibbāna. What two? There is the “What
is the element of
Nibbāna with result of past clinging still left? Here a bhikkhu is an
arahant with taints exhausted, who has lived out the life, done what was to be done, laid down the burden,
reached the highest goal, destroyed the fetters of being, and who is
completely “And what is the element
of Nibbāna without results of past clinging left? Here a bhikkhu is an
arahant who has lived out the life…. and is completely liberated through
final knowledge. All in him that is felt will, since he does not relish it,
become cool here in this very life: this is called the element of
Nibbāna without result of past clinging left.” Ittivutaka 44 Plus Pari-Nibbāna (see the Parinibbanasutta)
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