{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.146/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.146","id":"suttacentral_sn35.146","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.146/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you old deeds, new deeds, the cessation of deeds, and the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. \u2026 And what is old deeds? The eye is old deeds. It should be seen as produced by choices and intentions, as something to be felt. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind is old deeds. It should be seen as produced by choices and intentions, as something to be felt. This is called old deeds. And what is new deeds? The deeds you currently perform by way of body, speech, and mind. These are called new deeds. And what is the cessation of deeds? When you experience freedom due to the cessation of deeds by body, speech, and mind. This is called the cessation of deeds. And what\u2019s the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds. So, mendicants, I\u2019ve taught you old deeds, new deeds, the cessation of deeds, and the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds. Out of sympathy, I\u2019ve done what a teacher should do who wants what\u2019s best for their disciples. Here are these roots of trees, and here are these empty huts. Practice absorption, mendicants! Don\u2019t be negligent! Don\u2019t regret it later! This is my instruction to you.\u201d","title":"The Cessation of Deeds","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":259}