AWAKENING - NIBBANA (Ven Dr Punnaji)

Ven Dr M. Punnaji explains AWAKENING - NIBBANA. Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ -- sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ Gahakārakaṁ gavesanto --dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ. Gahakāraka diṭṭho' si --puna gehaṁ na kāhasi Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā --gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ --taṇhānaṁ khayam ajjhagā. (Dhammapada verses 153 & 154) QUOTE: (Translation by Ven Dr Punnaji) Through innumerable lives in this vortex of rebirth, did I seek the Creator of this grief ridden world. Never did I find this Creator unknown. It is painful to be born again and again. Oh, Creator, I have seen you! You will never create again! Your structure is dismantled, the foundation is destroyed; The mind has stopped creating -- the emotional urge has ceased. UNQUOTE This is how one awakens from the Dream of Existence to the Experience of Experience resulting in Liberation from Existence and Suffering (vimutti) and reverting to the Imperturbable Serenity Of Mind (akuppā-ceto-vimutti) that is NIBBĀNA.