Extinguishment With No Fuel For GraspingAnupādāparinibbānasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:“Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘Reverends, what’s the goal of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?’ You should answer them like this:‘kimatthiyaṁ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti, evaṁ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṁ aññatitthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ evaṁ byākareyyātha: ‘The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.’‘anupādāparinibbānatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti.

If wanderers of other religions were to ask you:Sace pana vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘Is there a path and a practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?’ You should answer them like this:‘atthi panāvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā anupādāparinibbānāyā’ti, evaṁ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṁ aññatitthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ evaṁ byākareyyātha: ‘There is a path and a practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.’‘atthi kho, āvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā anupādāparinibbānāyā’ti.

And what is that path, what is that practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, maggo, katamā ca paṭipadā anupādāparinibbānāya? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ— right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. This is the path, this is the practice for complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, maggo, ayaṁ paṭipadā anupādāparinibbānāyāti.

When questioned by wanderers of other religions, that’s how you should answer them.”Evaṁ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṁ aññatitthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ evaṁ byākareyyāthā”ti.