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       The two elements of in-his-life
  Nibbāna 
  
   “There are two elements of
  Nibbāna. What two? There is the   “What
  is the element of
  Nibbāna with result of past clinging still left? Here a bhikkhu is an
  arahant with taints exhausted, who has lived out the life, done what was to be done, laid down the burden,
  reached the highest goal, destroyed the fetters of being, and who is
  completely   “And what is the element
  of Nibbāna without results of past clinging left?  Here a bhikkhu is an
  arahant who has lived out the life…. and is completely liberated through
  final knowledge. All in him that is felt will, since he does not relish it,
  become cool here in this very life: this is called the element of
  Nibbāna without result of past clinging left.”       Ittivutaka 44     Plus Pari-Nibbāna (see the Parinibbanasutta) 
 
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