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Numbered Discourses · AN 2.310–479

  • Numbered Discourses 2.310–479Aṅguttara Nikāya 2

The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed19. Rāgapeyyāla

310–319310–319

“For insight into greed, two things should be developed.“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya dve dhammā bhāvetabbā. What two?Katame dve? Serenity and discernment.Samatho ca vipassanā ca. For insight into greed, these two things should be developed.”Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime dve dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

“For the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed, two things should be developed.”“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya dve dhammā bhāvetabbā …pe…

320–479320–479

“Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence … for insight … complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go … two things should be developed.“Dosassa …pe… mohassa … kodhassa … upanāhassa … makkhassa … paḷāsassa … issāya … macchariyassa … māyāya … sāṭheyyassa … thambhassa … sārambhassa … mānassa … atimānassa … madassa … pamādassa … abhiññāya … pariññāya … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya dve dhammā bhāvetabbā. What two?Katame dve? Serenity and discernment.Samatho ca vipassanā ca. For the letting go of negligence, these two things should be developed.”Pamādassa, bhikkhave, paṭinissaggāya ime dve dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

That is what the Buddha said.Idamavoca bhagavā. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.

The Book of the Twos is finished.Dukanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. AN 3.183–352 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. 0.69near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.183–352 The Chapter on Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. “For insight into greed, three things should be developed. What three? Emptiness immersion; signless…
  2. AN 5.308–1152 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. 0.65near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.308–1152 29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. “For the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving…
  3. AN 6.170–649 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. 0.65near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.170–649 13. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. “Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceitfulness … deviousness…
  4. AN 7.645–1124 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. 0.65near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.645–1124 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. “Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceitfulness … deviousnes…
  5. AN 11.992–1151 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. 0.63near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.992–1151 The First Fifty Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. “Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceitfulness…