sn35.146:1.1 “Mendicants, I will teach you old deeds, new deeds, the cessation of deeds, and the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds.
sn35.146:1.2 Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. …
sn35.146:1.3 And what is old deeds?
sn35.146:1.4 The eye is old deeds. It should be seen as produced by choices and intentions, as something to be felt.
sn35.146:1.5 The ear … nose … tongue … body …
sn35.146:1.6 mind is old deeds. It should be seen as produced by choices and intentions, as something to be felt.
sn35.146:1.7 This is called old deeds.
sn35.146:1.8 And what is new deeds?
sn35.146:1.9 The deeds you currently perform by way of body, speech, and mind.
sn35.146:1.10 These are called new deeds.
sn35.146:1.11 And what is the cessation of deeds?
sn35.146:1.12 When you experience freedom due to the cessation of deeds by body, speech, and mind.
sn35.146:1.13 This is called the cessation of deeds.
sn35.146:1.14 And what’s the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds?
sn35.146:1.15 It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sn35.146:1.16 right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
sn35.146:1.17 This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds.
sn35.146:1.18 So, mendicants, I’ve taught you old deeds, new deeds, the cessation of deeds, and the practice that leads to the cessation of deeds.
sn35.146:1.19 Out of sympathy, I’ve done what a teacher should do who wants what’s best for their disciples.
sn35.146:1.20 Here are these roots of trees, and here are these empty huts. Practice absorption, mendicants! Don’t be negligent! Don’t regret it later! This is my instruction to you.”