The Related Suttas Collection 45.157

12. Hard Work

Storms (2nd)

“Bhikkhus, when a large storm has arisen, a strong wind disperses and settles it as it proceeds. In the same way, a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path disperses and stills bad, unskillful qualities as they proceed.

And how does a bhikkhu who develops the noble eightfold path disperse and still bad, unskillful qualities as they proceed? It’s when a bhikkhu develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That’s how a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path disperses and stills bad, unskillful qualities as they proceed.”