Mil3.4.9

Rājā āha—

“bhante nāgasena, sabbeva labhanti nibbānan”ti?

“Na kho, mahārāja, sabbeva labhanti nibbānaṁ, api ca kho, mahārāja, yo sammā paṭipanno abhiññeyye dhamme abhijānāti, pariññeyye dhamme parijānāti, pahātabbe dhamme pajahati, bhāvetabbe dhamme bhāveti, sacchikātabbe dhamme sacchikaroti, so labhati nibbānan”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Nibbānalabhanapañho navamo.

PTS cs 7 The king said: ‘Venerable Nāgasena, do all men receive Nirvāna?’

‘Not all, O king. But he who walks righteously, who admits those conditions which ought to be admitted, perceives clearly those conditions which ought to be clearly perceived, abandons those conditions which ought to be abandoned, practises himself in those conditions which ought to be practised, realises those conditions which ought to be realised—he receives Nirvāṇa.’

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’ PTS vp En 108