Nibbāna and the Path to Nibbāna

"Monks, I will teach you Nibbāna and the path leading to Nibbāna." Thus spoke the Blessed One. This means: "I, the Buddha, will expound Nibbāna and the path leading to Nibbāna." "And what, monks, is Nibbāna? The destruction of greed (rāga), the destruction of hatred (dosa), the destruction of delusion (moha) – this, monks, is called Nibbāna." "When greed, hatred, and delusion cease, that is Nibbāna." Rāga is attachment (liking). Dosa is aversion (ill-will, harming). Moha is ignorance (delusion, not knowing). Remember: Attachment arising from encountering pleasant objects is rāga. Aversion arising from encountering unpleasant objects, the mind's inability to bear it, is dosa. Ignorance is not knowing, upon encountering objects, the truths of impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), non-self (anatta), and the Noble Truth of Suffering (Dukkha Sacca). The cessation of these three is Nibbāna. "And what, monks, is the path le...