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'''Cessation''' ([[wyl.]]''‘gog pa''; Skt. ''nirodha'') Generally the word refers to the absence or extinction of a given entity. As the third of the [[four noble truths]], it refers specifically to the pacification of suffering and its causes, and is therefore a synonym of [[nirvana]].  
'''Cessation''' ([[Wyl.]]''‘gog pa''; Skt. ''nirodha'') — generally the word refers to the absence or extinction of a given entity. As the third of the [[four noble truths]], it refers specifically to the pacification of [[suffering]] and its causes, and is therefore a synonym of [[nirvana]].  


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
 
Cessation is of two kinds:  
Cessation is of two kinds: '''analytical''' (''so sor brtags pa'i 'gog pa'') and '''non-analytical''' (''brtags min 'gog pa'').
*'''analytical''' (''so sor brtags pa'i 'gog pa'') and  
*'''non-analytical''' (''brtags min 'gog pa'').


In his commentary to [[Mipham Rinpoche]]’s ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Khenpo Nüden]] writes:
In his commentary to [[Mipham Rinpoche]]’s ''[[Khenjuk]]'', [[Khenpo Nüden]] writes:


===Analytical cessation===
===Analytical cessation===
This is the unconditioned aspect of the permanent elimination of [[destructive emotions]] and other factors to be eliminated, through the force of developing realization of the undefiling path, such as the [[wisdom of discernment]], within the mind.
This is the unconditioned aspect of the permanent elimination of [[destructive emotions]] and other factors to be eliminated, through the force of developing realization of the undefiling path, such as the [[wisdom of discernment]], within the mind.


===Non-analytical cessation===
===Non-analytical cessation===
This does not refer to the ceasing of latent [[habitual tendencies]] as a result of analysis and investigation, but rather to the absence of a given thing in a particular place due to an incompleteness of necessary causes and conditions, as in the case of horns on a horse’s head, for instance. Another example which is mentioned in the commentaries is the fact that other types of consciousness do not arise when the eye-consciousness is distracted by a visual form. This also includes all the various forms of non-existence (or absence), such as the absence of a vase in a particular place.
This does not refer to the ceasing of latent [[habitual tendencies]] as a result of analysis and investigation, but rather to the absence of a given thing in a particular place due to an incompleteness of necessary causes and conditions, as in the case of horns on a horse’s head, for instance. Another example which is mentioned in the commentaries is the fact that other types of consciousness do not arise when the eye-consciousness is distracted by a visual form. This also includes all the various forms of non-existence (or absence), such as the absence of a vase in a particular place.



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Cessation (Wyl.‘gog pa; Skt. nirodha) — generally the word refers to the absence or extinction of a given entity. As the third of the four noble truths, it refers specifically to the pacification of suffering and its causes, and is therefore a synonym of nirvana.

Subdivisions

Cessation is of two kinds:

  • analytical (so sor brtags pa'i 'gog pa) and
  • non-analytical (brtags min 'gog pa).

In his commentary to Mipham Rinpoche’s Khenjuk, Khenpo Nüden writes:

Analytical cessation

This is the unconditioned aspect of the permanent elimination of destructive emotions and other factors to be eliminated, through the force of developing realization of the undefiling path, such as the wisdom of discernment, within the mind.

Non-analytical cessation

This does not refer to the ceasing of latent habitual tendencies as a result of analysis and investigation, but rather to the absence of a given thing in a particular place due to an incompleteness of necessary causes and conditions, as in the case of horns on a horse’s head, for instance. Another example which is mentioned in the commentaries is the fact that other types of consciousness do not arise when the eye-consciousness is distracted by a visual form. This also includes all the various forms of non-existence (or absence), such as the absence of a vase in a particular place.