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the mind is freed, released, well-released from all unwholesome volitional formations – that sage, with burden laid down, is completely freed. "Not fabricating, not ceased, not longed for" – this is the Blessed One. "Fabrications" are two fabrications: the fabrication of craving and the fabrication of views. ... This is the fabrication of craving. ... This is the fabrication of views. His fabrication of craving is abandoned, his fabrication of views is relinquished; Because the fabrication of craving is abandoned, and the fabrication of views is relinquished, he does not fabricate, does not generate, does not produce, does not bring forth, does not manifest the fabrication of craving or the fabrication of views – therefore, "not fabricating". "Not ceased" means: All foolish ordinary people are attached, the seven learners, taking up the ordinary person's good, for the attainment of what is not yet attained, for the realization of what is not yet realized, for the direct experience of what is not yet directly experienced, they strive... They cease, they desist, they utterly desist. The Arahant is aloof, ceased, utterly ceased, gone forth, released, liberated, disjoined, dwelling with a mind free from boundaries – not subject to rebirth, indeed ceased. Not longed for. Longing is called craving. That which is passion, attachment... greed, covetousness, a root of unwholesome things. For whom this longing, this craving, is abandoned, uprooted, calmed, tranquilized, incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge, he is called "not longed for." "Bhagavā" is a term of reverence. Moreover, "Bhagavā" means he has broken passion, "Bhagavā" means he has broken hatred, "Bhagavā" means he has broken delusion, "Bhagavā" means he has broken conceit, "Bhagavā" means he has broken wrong views, "Bhagavā" means he has broken the thorns, "Bhagavā" means he has broken defilements. "Bhagavā" means he has shared, divided, thoroughly divided the jewel of Dhamma. "Bhagavā" means he is the ender of becomings. "Bhagavā" means he has developed his body, developed his virtue, developed his mind, developed his wisdom. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of remote forest and jungle dwellings, quiet, with little noise, with lonely winds, suitable for human seclusion and retreat. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of robes, almsfood, dwellings, requisites for the sick, and medicinal provisions. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the essence of meaning, the essence of Dhamma, the essence of liberation, higher virtue, higher mind, higher wisdom. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the four jhānas, the four immeasurables, the four formless attainments. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the eight liberations, the eight mastery-bases, the nine successive abidings. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the ten perception-developments, the ten kasiṇa-attainments, the concentration of mindfulness of breathing, the attainment of foulness. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right exertions, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening, the Noble Eightfold Path. Or "Bhagavā" means he partakes of the ten tat... The Blessed One, possessing the ten powers of the Tathāgata, the four fearlessnesses, the four analytical knowledges, the six supernormal powers, the six qualities of a Buddha. This name 'Bhagavā' was not made by a mother, not made by a father, not made by a brother, not made by a sister, not made by friends and associates, not made by relatives and kinsmen, not made by ascetics and brahmins, not made by deities. This is a designation pertaining to liberation, a true designation for the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, attained at the foot of the Bodhi tree, together with the attainment of omniscience, namely 'Bhagavā' – not bound, not ceased, not desired, thus is the Blessed One. Therefore the Blessed One said: "He, detached from all things, whatever is seen or heard or sensed; He, the sage, having laid down the burden, completely liberated, not bound, not ceased, not desired." The Thirteenth Exposition of the Mahāviyūhasutta.