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A near-synonym pairing, with a compressed answer
“Khaya” (ending) and “nirodha” (cessation) are near-synonymous terms for the same outcome, confirmed by direct comparison to frame two discourses treating essentially the same claim: this discourse's own question is nearly identical to SN 46.26's own, but its own answer stops at the base formula, omitting the fuller craving-deeds-suffering chain traced there in detail.
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The text
§1“Mendicants, you should develop the path and the practice that leads to the cessation of craving. And what is the path and the practice that leads to the cessation of craving? It is the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. And how are the seven awakening factors developed and cultivated so as to lead to the cessation of craving? It’s when a mendicant develops 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. This is how the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated so as to lead to the cessation of craving.”
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