(Class #3) Nirvana Is the Absence of Ignorance and Afflictions

This is a weekly class from Deer Park Monastery on the topic "The 40 Tenets of Plum Village" and it is based on a book called "Plum Village Looks at Vulture's Peak" written by Thay. The book describes the essential characteristics of Plum Village practice and teachings.

For an English translation of the tenets themselves, follow this link.

In this class, Brother Phap Luu shares about the third tenet: "Nirvāṇa is the ab­sence of ig­no­rance (avidyā) and the af­flic­tions (kleśāh), but not the ab­sence of the ag­gre­gates (skand­hāh), sense spheres (āy­atanāni) and do­mains of ex­is­tence (dhā­tuh)."