Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta
III. Udāyi-Vaggo

V: The Great Chapter
46: Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
III. Udāyi

Sutta 27

Nirodha Suttaṁ

Cessation

 

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THUS have I heard:

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"The way, monks,
and the practice leading thereto
which conduces to the cessation of craving, -
do ye cultivate that way and practice.

And what is the way, monks,
what the practice
that so conduces?

It is the seven limbs of wisdom.

What seven?

The limb of wisdom that is mindfulness,
the limb of wisdom that is Norm investigation,
the limb of wisdom that is energy,
the limb of wisdom that is zest,
the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
the limb of wisdom that is equanimity."

And how cultivated,
how made much of,
do the seven limbs of wisdom
conduce to the cessation^ed1 of craving?

Herein, monks, a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

Thus, cultivated,
thus made much of,
do the seven limbs of wisdom
conduce to the cessation of craving"

 

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^ed1 Here and below Woodward retains 'destruction' from the previous sutta.