- Numbered Discourses 3.183–352Aṅguttara Nikāya 3
- The Chapter on Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed18. Rāgapeyyāla
Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.~
“For insight into greed, three things should be developed.“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. What three?Katame tayo? Emptiness immersion; signless immersion; and undirected immersion.Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi— For insight into greed, these three things should be developed.rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. (…)
For the complete understanding of greed …Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya …pe… complete ending …parikkhayāya … giving up …pahānāya … ending …khayāya … vanishing …vayāya … fading away …virāgāya … cessation …nirodhāya … giving away …cāgāya … letting go …paṭinissaggāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.
hate …Dosassa … delusion …mohassa … anger …kodhassa … acrimony …upanāhassa … disdain …makkhassa … contempt …paḷāsassa … jealousy …issāya … stinginess …macchariyassa … deceitfulness …māyāya … deviousness …sāṭheyyassa … obstinacy …thambhassa … aggression …sārambhassa … conceit …mānassa … arrogance …atimānassa … vanity …madassa … negligence …pamādassa … insight …abhiññāya … complete understanding …pariññāya … complete ending …parikkhayāya … giving up …pahānāya … ending …khayāya … vanishing …vayāya … fading away …virāgāya … cessation …nirodhāya … giving away …cāgāya … For the letting go of negligence, these three things should be developed.”paṭinissaggāya ime tayo 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 Threes is finished.Tikanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.