And Nirodha.
Nirodha is…
Sometimes I have translated it as release…
But that does not always carry the whole of the meaning.
This is a place where you can find that
nirodha does not just mean ‘the end goal nirodha.’
See here, he is talking about nirodha,
it’s actually leaning towards there (Boundless Love),
It’s supported by this.
These states (Seven supports of awakening and Brahmavihāras)
are in fact supported by these qualities and nirodha is one of them.
So that’s quite interesting uh!
So now, I am practicing this Loving-Kindness but it has to go to this… release?
This cessation?
But how does that work?
So this creates really interesting paths.
Nirodha is actually ni + rundhati,
nirujjhati.
You will find that word in other forms which is nirujjhati.
And that also means becoming unobstructed.
(Rundhati [rundh or rudh, both roots in Vedic Sk. — Dhtp (375, 425) expls by “āvaraṇe”; id. Dhtm (608, 662).] 1. to restrain, hinder, prevent, obstruct, keep out Cp. iii.107; Miln 313 (+upa°). — 2. to conceal, hide, cover up Th 2, 238 (ppr. rundhanto); PvA 88 (ppr. rundhamāna). — 3. in phrase nagaraṁ r. to surround or besiege a town…) (PED p.637)
Rundhati is ‘to be obstucted’ or kind of… ‘stuck’.
(Laughter)
And Ni + Rundhati is like… shhwt.
‘Unstucking’
(Laughter)
Becoming unstuck.
So see, that’s another really interesting aspect of it…
So nirujjati…
Nirodhanissitaṃ also.
This is a place where…
because we have to ask ourselves:
“but what does he mean?”
“It has to go to cessation,
it is supported by cessation.”
The cessation of what?
Unwholesome states.
That’s what he means.
That’s his path.
‘Just free’
Yes, exactly.
In an unobstructed way