{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn46.76/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn46.76","id":"suttacentral_sn46.76","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.76/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when the perception of cessation is developed and cultivated it\u2019s very fruitful and beneficial. How so? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops the perception of cessation together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That\u2019s how, when the perception of cessation is developed and cultivated, it\u2019s very fruitful and beneficial. When the perception of cessation is developed and cultivated you can expect one of two results: enlightenment in this very life, or if there\u2019s residue left behind, non-return. How so? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops the perception of cessation together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. When the perception of cessation is developed and cultivated in this way you can expect one of two results: enlightenment in this very life, or if there\u2019s residue left behind, non-return.\u201d \u201cThe perception of cessation, when developed and cultivated, leads to great benefit \u2026 great sanctuary from the yoke \u2026 great inspiration \u2026 great ease. How so? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops the perception of cessation together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That\u2019s how the perception of cessation, when developed and cultivated, leads to great benefit \u2026 great sanctuary from the yoke \u2026 great inspiration \u2026 great ease.\u201d","title":"Cessation","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":260}