Milinda’s Questions

Nibbāna Chapter

9. Question on the Attaining of Nibbāna

The king asked:

“Venerable Nāgasena, does everyone attain nibbāna?”

“Not everyone, your majesty, attains nibbāna. Whoever, practicing rightly, directly knows those things which should be directly known, completely comprehends those things that should be completely comprehended, abandons those things that should be abandoned, develops those things that should be developed, personally realises those things that should be personally realised, that one attains nibbāna.”

“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”

Question on the Attaining of Nibbāna ninth