The Related Suttas Collection 45.156

12. Hard Work

Storms (1st)

“Bhikkhus, in the last month of summer, when the dust and dirt is stirred up, a large sudden storm disperses and settles it on the spot. In the same way, a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path disperses and stills bad, unskillful qualities on the spot.

How does a bhikkhu who develops the noble eightfold path disperse and still bad, unskillful qualities on the spot? 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 on the spot.”