Translated and commented by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro Introduction by Ajahn Thanissaro Nibbāna originally was the Pali word for the extinguishing of a fire. The Buddha employed it as one of the names of the goal he taught, in light of the way in which the processes of fire were viewed at his time: A burning fire was …
Maha Parinibbana Sutta Digha Nikaya 16
