Chapter IV. The Third Noble Truth

Nirodha: The Cessation of Dukkha

第四章 第三圣谛：灭谛——苦的止息

The third Noble Truth is that there is emancipation, liberation, freedom from suffering, from the continuity of dukkha. This is called the Noble Truth of the Cessation of dukkha (Dukkhanirodha-ariyasacca), which is Nibbāna, more popularly known in its Sanskrit form of Nirvāna.

第三圣谛的要义是：人类可以从相续不断的苦得解脱、获解放、享自由。这圣谛名为苦灭圣谛，也就是涅槃。巴利文作Niana，但梵文的Nirvana更为人所广知。

To eliminate dukkha completely one has to eliminate the main root of dukkha, which is 'thirst' (tanhā), as we saw earlier. Therefore Nirvāna