Nibbānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 372

[372] Bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu contemplating Nibbāna as suffering (dukkha) will come to possess acceptance in conformity (anulomikā khanti) — this is impossible. That one not possessing acceptance in conformity will enter the fixed course of rightness (sammattaniyāma) — this is impossible. That one not entering the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala), the fruition of once-returning (sakadāgāmiphala), the fruition of non-returning (anāgāmiphala), or arahantship (arahatta) — this is impossible. Bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu contemplating Nibbāna as happiness will come to possess acceptance in conformity — this is possible. That one possessing acceptance in conformity will enter the fixed course of rightness — this is possible. That one entering the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruition of stream-entry, the fruition of once-returning, the fruition of non-returning, or arahantship — this is possible.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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