on the unconditioned

asańkhata samyutta

Saṃyutta Nikāya 43 of 56

Translated by: Bhikkhu Sujato
Read by: Roland Kitchen

Description

The “Linked Discourses on the Unconditioned” contains 44 discourses on the theme of the unconditioned, i.e. nibbāna or “extinguishment”. They focus on the various practices that lead to the unconditioned. This chapter includes an extensive range of terms and idioms describing the final goal of Buddhist practice.