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delivered one enters even during his lifetime, and which he completely realizes at death, and in which he has taken possession for ever of everything that is true and real. "Bliss is Nibbâna, bliss is Nibbâna, Sâriputta exclaims (A. V. page 414). Hunger is the worst disease; the activities of senses are the worst suffering. Having recognized this, verily one reaches Nibbana-highest bliss (Dhammapada V. 203).
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Page 475. Liberated from what is called corporeality, Vachha, the Perfected One is indefinable, inscrutable, immeasurable, like the ocean (M. I. page 487). Extracts from "Some sayings of the Buddha " (according to the Pâli Canon translated by F. L. Woodward, M.A., Cantab, Ceylon, 1925).
Pages 2, 3, 4. Search after the unsurpassed, perfect security, which is Nibbâna. Goal is incomparable security which is Nibbâna. (M. I. page 170). This reality (Dhamma) that I have reached is profound, hard to see, hard to understand, excellent, pre-eminent, beyond the sphere of thinking, subtle, and to be penetrated by the wise alone. Destruction of craving, Passionlessness, Cessation, which is Nibbâna (D. N. II. page 312.)
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Page 118. And I, friend, by the destruction of the âsavas have entered on and abide in that emancipation of mind, which is free from the âsavas, having realized it by mine own super-knowledge even in this present life (Samyutta Nikaya, ii. 220).
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