What it is

Nirvana, says Sayadaw, is release and freedom from the rounds of suffering and rebirth.

He asks the question 'What is Meditation' and answers, on page Thirty-Eight, Meditation is samatha and vipassana which must be based on right moral conduct, which is the Noble Eightfold Path.  He breaks Right View and Right Thought into vipassana, Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood into morality, and Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration into samatha.