The book “On the Nature of Nibbana” is dedicated to the presentation of the doctrine of the highest goal of Buddhism – the complete and final cessation of the suffering of cyclical existence (samsara). It is compiled from the instructions of the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, given to students intensively practicing meditation at his meditation center in Rangoon.

In his instructions, Mahasi Sayadaw deeply and comprehensively illuminates the concept of nibbana as a state that is a natural and inevitable result arising as a result of the exhaustion of passionate desire (predilections). He reveals in detail the basic method of practicing insight meditation leading to the attainment of the peace of Nibbana. Mahasi Sayadaw pays special attention to clarifying instructions for those meditators who follow the wrong path and hold false views in order to help them take the right path to enlightenment.