This Week's Quote
A wanderer who ate rose-apples spoke thus to the venerable Sariputta:
"Reverend Sariputta, it is said: 'Nirvana, Nirvana.' Now, what, your
reverence is Nirvana?"
"Whatever, your reverence, is the extinction of passion, of aversion,
of confusion, this is called Nirvana."
"Is there a way, your reverence, is there a course for the realization
of this Nirvana?"
"There is, your reverence."
"What is it, your reverence?"
"This ariyan eightfold Way itself is for the realization of Nirvana,
that is to say right view, right thought, right speech, right action,
right mode of livilihood, right endeavour, right mindfulness, right concentration."
"Goodly, your reverence, is the Way, goodly the course for the realization of
this Nirvana. But certain it needs diligence."
From..Buddhist Texts Through the Ages..page 94..#93..Samyutta-nikaya IV, 251-52
Let us develope this diligence.