Then the Bodhisattva Kasyapa said to the Buddha: "Oh World Honored One! Please condescend to explain to me what concerns the Mahaparinirvana and meaning of emancipation."
The Buddha praised Kasyapa, saying: "Well said, well said, Oh good man! True emancipation means segregation of one's own self from all bonds of illusion. If one truly attains emancipation and segregation of one's own self from the bonds of illusion, there is no more self, or nothing to conjoin as in the case of parents, whose union results in the birth of a child. True emancipation is not like this case (the parents). That is why emancipation is unborn, uncreated. Oh Kasyapa! It's like sarpirmanda [the most delicious and effective medicine], which is pure in its nature. The same is the case with the Tathagata. He is not one that arises through the union of parents, which results in the birth of a child. His nature is pure. The presentation of parents [of the Tathagata] is [an expedient means] to cross beings to the other shore. True emancipation is the Tathagata. The Tathagata and emancipation are not two things, are no different. It is as when we sow the seeds in spring and autumn, for example, when it is warm and wet, and as a result, the seeds shoot out buds. True emancipation is not so.
Also, emancipation is nothingness. Nothingness is emancipation. Emancipation is the Tathagata and the Tathagata is nothingness. It is not something that came about from doing [action]. The 'do' is like building a castle. True emancipation does not come about in this way [i.e., it is not a compounded, a thing built]. For this reason, emancipation is at once the Tathagata.
Also, emancipation is the non-created. A potter makes a pot, which breaks to pieces again. Things (created) are not like that in emancipation. True emancipation is birthlessness and deathlessness. That is why emancipation is the Tathagata. He is birthlessness, non-extinction, non-aging, and is undying, unbreakable and indestructible. It is not anything created. For this reason, we say that the Tathagata enters Great Nirvana (Mahaparinirna).”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 7 - On the Four Aspects.
The Buddha praised Kasyapa, saying: "Well said, well said, Oh good man! True emancipation means segregation of one's own self from all bonds of illusion. If one truly attains emancipation and segregation of one's own self from the bonds of illusion, there is no more self, or nothing to conjoin as in the case of parents, whose union results in the birth of a child. True emancipation is not like this case (the parents). That is why emancipation is unborn, uncreated. Oh Kasyapa! It's like sarpirmanda [the most delicious and effective medicine], which is pure in its nature. The same is the case with the Tathagata. He is not one that arises through the union of parents, which results in the birth of a child. His nature is pure. The presentation of parents [of the Tathagata] is [an expedient means] to cross beings to the other shore. True emancipation is the Tathagata. The Tathagata and emancipation are not two things, are no different. It is as when we sow the seeds in spring and autumn, for example, when it is warm and wet, and as a result, the seeds shoot out buds. True emancipation is not so.
Also, emancipation is nothingness. Nothingness is emancipation. Emancipation is the Tathagata and the Tathagata is nothingness. It is not something that came about from doing [action]. The 'do' is like building a castle. True emancipation does not come about in this way [i.e., it is not a compounded, a thing built]. For this reason, emancipation is at once the Tathagata.
Also, emancipation is the non-created. A potter makes a pot, which breaks to pieces again. Things (created) are not like that in emancipation. True emancipation is birthlessness and deathlessness. That is why emancipation is the Tathagata. He is birthlessness, non-extinction, non-aging, and is undying, unbreakable and indestructible. It is not anything created. For this reason, we say that the Tathagata enters Great Nirvana (Mahaparinirna).”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 7 - On the Four Aspects.
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