[457] **"By the abandoning of craving, it is called Nibbāna":** "Craving (taṇhā)" means craving for forms, craving for sounds, craving for odours, craving for tastes, craving for tangibles, craving for dhammas.
"By the abandoning of craving, it is called Nibbāna": by the abandoning, calming, relinquishing, and stilling of craving (taṇhā), it is called, declared, spoken of, uttered, explained, and expressed as Nibbāna. Therefore it is said: "By the abandoning of craving, it is called Nibbāna."
Hence the Blessed One said:
The world is bound by the fetter of delight;
thought is its means of ranging about.
By the abandoning of craving,
it is called Nibbāna.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.