8.
The Chapter on Cessation
1.
The Discourse on Foulness
248. "Perception of foulness, monks, etc. The first.
2.
The Discourse on Death
249. "Perception of death, monks, etc. The second.
3.
The Discourse on Repulsiveness of Food
250. "The perception of repulsiveness in food, monks, etc. The third.
4.
The Discourse on Discontent
251. "Perception of non-delight in the entire world, monks, etc. The fourth.
5.
The Discourse on Impermanence
252. "The perception of impermanence, monks, etc. The fifth.
6.
The Discourse on Suffering
253. "Perception of suffering in what is impermanent, monks, etc. The sixth.
7.
The Discourse on Non-self
254. "Perception of non-self in what is suffering, monks, etc. The seventh.
8.
The Discourse on Abandoning
255. "Perception of abandoning, monks, etc. The eighth.
9.
The Discourse on Dispassion
256. "Perception of dispassion, monks, etc. The ninth.
10.
The Discourse on Cessation
257. "The perception of cessation, monks, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and great benefit. And how, monks, is the perception of cessation developed, how is it cultivated, so that it is of great fruit and great benefit? Here, monks, a monk develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness accompanied by the perception of cessation, etc. He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity accompanied by the perception of cessation, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus developed, monks, the perception of cessation, thus cultivated, is of great fruit and great benefit."
"When the perception of cessation, monks, has been developed and cultivated, one of two fruits is to be expected: final liberating knowledge in this very life; or, if there is a residue of clinging, non-returning. And how, monks, is the perception of cessation developed, how is it cultivated, so that one of two fruits is to be expected: final liberating knowledge in this very life; or, if there is a residue of clinging, non-returning? Here, monks, a monk develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness accompanied by the perception of cessation, etc. He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity accompanied by the perception of cessation, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus developed, monks, the perception of cessation, thus cultivated, one of two fruits is to be expected: final liberating knowledge in this very life; or, if there is a residue of clinging, non-returning."
"The perception of cessation, monks, when developed and cultivated, leads to great benefit, leads to great freedom from bondage, leads to great religious emotion, leads to great comfortable abiding. And how, monks, is the perception of cessation developed, how is it cultivated, so that it leads to great benefit, leads to great freedom from bondage, leads to great religious emotion, leads to great comfortable abiding? Here, monks, a monk develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness accompanied by the perception of cessation, etc. He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity accompanied by the perception of cessation, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus developed, monks, the perception of cessation, thus cultivated, leads to great benefit, leads to great freedom from bondage, leads to great religious emotion, leads to great comfortable abiding." The tenth.
The Cessation Chapter is the eighth.
Its summary:
Impermanence, suffering, non-self, abandoning, dispassion, and cessation - these are ten.