I have found a text which states that
> nibbāna is a description meaning not-self.
The meaning of the text is clear. Nibbana is nothing but not-self.
Moreover I have also found a sutta(SN22.45) which says that after understanding and realizing not-self the person attains Nirvana.
> At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, form is impermanent. What is impermanent is
> suffering. What is suffering is nonself. What is nonself should be
> seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this
> I am not, this is not my self.’ When one sees this thus as it really
> is with correct wisdom, the mind becomes dispassionate and is
> liberated from the taints by nonclinging
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> “By being liberated, it is steady; by being steady, it is content; by
> being content, he is not agitated. Being unagitated, he personally
> attains Nibbāna.
My question is :Does Nibbana mean not self?
Asked by Dheeraj Verma
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May 7, 2018, 01:46 AM
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