{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn45.149/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn45.149","id":"suttacentral_sn45.149","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.149/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, all the hard work that gets done depends on the earth and is grounded on the earth. In the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path depending on and grounded on ethics. And how does a mendicant grounded on ethics develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That\u2019s how a mendicant grounded on ethics develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.\u201d \u201c\u2026 which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion \u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026 which have freedom from death as their objective, destination, and culmination \u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026 slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment \u2026\u201d","title":"Hard Work","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":136}