“There is that dimension where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither dimension of the infinitude of space, nor dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, nor dimension of nothingness, nor dimension of neither perception nor non-perception; neither this world, nor the next world, nor sun, nor moon. And there, I say, there is neither coming, nor going, nor stasis; neither passing away nor arising: without stance, without foundation, without support [mental object]. This, just this, is the end of suffering.” (Ud 8.1)
On the Nature of Nibbāna
by
The Venerable Mahāsi Sayādaw
of
Burma
Translated by
U Htin Fatt
Buddha Sāsanānuggaha Organisation
Mahāsi Translation Committee, Rangoon