Reply To: Is Nibbana Icca, Sukha, Atta?

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Lal
Keymaster

That’s a good point. “Anatta” refers to a characteristic of nature: Worldly things (and any perceived pleasures) are devoid of any substance (unfruitful) and have dangerous consequences for the future.

  •  Also, “sukha” is not a feeling (vedana). It is the complete absence of suffering. 
  • The post “Nibbāna “Exists”, but Not in This World” explains it: Nibbāna sukha” is NOT  a feeling. It is the absence of suffering. The closest analogy is the following: Suppose someone has had a chronic headache from birth. One day, it is cured, and he feels a great relief. That relief was not a new vedanā but the absence of “dukkha vedanā.”