This paper aims at revealing the meaning of saṅkhāra-cessation (saṅkhāranirodha/saṅkhārasa -matha). First it shows the reason why saṅkhāra needs to be ceased. The reason is that saṅkhāra works on the basis of ignorance (avijjā) and lets common people transmigrate. The meaning of saṅkhāra-cessation is explored in terms of two dimensions: ceasing saṅkhāra as an intention (cetanā) and ceasing saṅkhāra as an action (kamma). Ceasing saṅkhāra as a intention does not mean ceasing all saṅkhāras or saṅkhāras themselves. It means to cease greed, addiction, or craving that is accompanied with the six external worlds or intentions towards them. Similarly ceasing saṅkhāra as an action, which is revealed in examining the notion of ceasing perception and sensation, does not mean to cease saṅkhāras themselves. It means to cease defilements or greed-hatred-confusion. We can address this meaning of saṅkhāra-cessation revealed in these two dimensions; saṅkhāra based on ignorance should be ceased but saṅkhāra being freed from ignorance is needed until one enters nibbāna without residue remaining. This paper suggests one thing with regard to nibbāna and saṅkhāra-cessation: the 1st jhāna is the necessary condition for nibbāna and saṅkhāra-cessation, and other jhānas may not be.