On the Nature of Nibbana. Conversations about Meditation

The book "On the Nature of Nibbana" is dedicated to the exposition of the teaching on the highest goal of Buddhism – the complete and final cessation of the sufferings of cyclic existence (samsara). It is compiled based on the instructions of the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, given to students who are intensively practicing meditation at his meditation center in Rangoon.

In his teachings, Mahasi Sayadaw deeply and comprehensively illuminates the concept of nibbana as a state that is a natural and inevitable result arising from the exhaustion of passionate desire (attachments). He elaborates in detail the fundamental method of insight meditation practice that leads to the attainment of the peace of nibbana. Special attention is given by Mahasi Sayadaw to clarifying instructions for those meditation practitioners who follow the wrong path and adhere to false views, to help them embark on the right path to enlightenment.