(２５)“什麼是涅槃？”

　　25) “What is nibbāna

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　　假如你遇見一個人，他堅持提出這個問題，你可回答：“涅槃是不死的“界”(元素)。”經典說涅槃是“不死的“界””，所有其他的“界”(元素)會死亡，但只有這個不會死亡，因它是貪空、瞋空、癡空(貪欲滅盡、瞋恚滅盡)。當癡空了，就沒有“自我”，也不會執爲“自我”，因此就“不死”。因爲涅槃是死亡止息之處，而被稱爲不死的“界”(元素)，這不死的“界”(元素)是死亡止息之處。

　　IF YOU COME across someone who insists on raising this question, answer that nibbāna is the immortal-element (amatadhātu). Say it is the element that does not perish. All other elements perish, but this one does not perish, because it is free of lust, hatred, and delusion. When there is freedom from delusion, there is no self-idea, there is no grasping or clinging to selfhood, and thus there is no perishing. Because it is what puts an end to perishing, it has been called the immortal-element. This immortal element is the cessation of the mortal element.