Cessation (nirodha)
Skillful qualities / Progress of insight / Cessation
Part of tag cluster Dispassion in key topic Fruits of the Practice
Alternative translations: Non-arising
Also a subtag of Cessation of Suffering
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 2 – Apr. 28, 2001

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3. Teachings to Marjorie by Ajahn Chah, English only. Read by Kittisaro. [Ajahn Chah] // [Similes] [Moods of the mind] [Heedfulness] [Continuity of mindfulness ] [Cessation of Suffering] [Dispassion ] [Nibbāna ] [Unconditioned]

Reference: “Living with the Cobra,” Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 233.

Maintain mindfulness throughout the day and night. [Continuity of mindfulness ]

“There’s just suffering arising and passing away.” [Suffering ] [Impermanence ]

“You’ll want to make an end of things.” [Dispassion ] [Cessation ]

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“This is the nature of enlightenment. It’s the extinguishing of fire, the cooling of that which was hot. This is peace. This is the end of saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and death.” [Liberation] [Nibbāna ] [Cessation ] [Saṃsāra]

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“If the tears don’t come, we don’t really accept truth.” [Suffering ] [Truth]

Note: “Living with the Cobra” omits this quote and other more personal aspects of Ajahn Chah’s teaching to Marjorie.


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 40 – Mar. 2, 2014

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5. “What is the difference between abandoning craving and realizing the abandoning of craving?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Impermanence] [Aggregates] [Cause of Suffering] [Cessation of Suffering] // [Commentaries] [Doubt] [Relinquishment] [Concentration] [Gladdening the mind] [Desire] [Becoming] [Non-return] [Right View]

Sutta: SN 56.11 Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. [Four Noble Truths]

Sutta: MN 121 Cūḷa Suññata Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness [Emptiness]

Quote: “The characteristic of cessation is not just ending something and annihilating [it], but it’s being willing and able to stop. The nature of the mind is that it doesn’t like to stop. And it’s [through] that not stopping that we keep creating that sense of me.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Cessation] [Nature of mind] [Self-identity view]


Questions and Answers with Dharma Realm Buddhist University – Nov. 18, 2014

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19. “So being the one who knows, you don’t have to react to dislike and like?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Recollection/Buddha] [Knowing itself] [Aversion] [Greed]

Quote: “The difference between an awakened mind and an unawakened mind is that the unawakened mind keeps following likes and dislikes. An awakened mind can see that arise, establish itself, and pass away. The mind is the same.” [Nature of mind] [Stages of awakening] [Impermanence] [Cessation]


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 3 – Oct. 12, 2019

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1. Quote: “The kindest thing you can do for your parents is to not create them.” — Ajahn Sumedho. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Parents] [Goodwill] [Cessation] [Not-self] // [Amaravati] [Sīladharā] [Proliferation]