How to attain Nirvana? - Answered

How to attain Nirvana?
Answer:
Mahasatipatthana Sutta Practice With Loving-Kindness Meditation (briefly)
The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Awareness: youtube.com/watch?v=pQsxovCJR4M
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Practice this fourfold establishing of awareness:

Think about the Body:

i.) Breathing (process) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

ii.) Postures (Eg: stay sitting down, stay standing, stay sleeping) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

iii.) Behaviors (Eg: walking, eating, dressing, sleeping ) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

iv.) Obnoxiousness and the 32 dirty body parts (hair, flesh, heart, blood, skin, teeth etc) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

v.) Earth (pruṭhavī), Water (āpa), Fire (teja), Air (vāyu), Space (ākāsa) (Primary Elements (dhātu)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

vi.) Decaying and completely vanishing body (dead body) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

Think about the Mind:

i.) Arising and Vanishing Sensations (changing pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

ii.) Arising and Vanishing Intentions (Anger, Greed, and Delusion or Ignorance) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

iii.) Arising and Vanishing Sensual desires (Kamachanda), Anger/ill will (Vyapada), Sloth & torpor / Depression (Thinamidda), Restlessness & Worry (Uddhaccha Kukkuccha), Doubt/suspicion (Vicikiccha) (Five Hindrances (nīvaraṇa)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

iv.) Arising and Vanishing Matter or Form (rupa), Sensation or Feeling (vedana), Perception and/or cognition (sanna), Volition or Mental Formation (sankara), Consciousness (vinnana) (The Five Aggregates Of Clinging (upadana-skandha)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

v.) Arising and Vanishing combinational results arisen by meeting Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body, Mind with Form, Sound, Odor or Smell, Taste, Touch and Thoughts are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul/ non-beneficial. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.

vi.) Seeing the Arising and Vanishing Mindfulness (sati), Investigation of the nature of reality (dhamma vicaya), Energy/determination (viriya), Joy or rapture (preethi), Relaxation or tranquility (passaddhi), Concentration/ Clear awareness (samadhi), Equanimity (upekkha) (Seven Factors of Enlightenment (sapta bodhyanga)).

(Mahasatipatthana Sutta translated briefly by myself (Suresh Madusanka.) and it is not a perfect translation or a summary.

This is what the Lord Buddha said about the Mahasatipatthana Sutta:

The Results of the Establishing of Awareness:

"Indeed, monks, whoever practices this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven years, he may expect one of two results: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.

It is for this reason that it was said: “This is the one and only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the extinguishing of suffering and grief, for walking on the path of truth, for the realization of nibbana: that is to say, the fourfold establishing of awareness.”