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Numbered Discourses · AN 3.183–352

  • 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.

Similar passages elsewhere

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

  1. AN 11.982 Untitled Discourse on Greed 0.74near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.982 The First Fifty Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed “For insight into greed, eleven things should be developed. What eleven? The first, second, third, and fourth…
  2. AN 7.618–644 Untitled Discourses on Greed 0.72near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.618–644 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourses on Greed “For the complete understanding of greed … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation…
  3. AN 8.118 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) 0.72near 0.1Numbered Discourses 8.118 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) “For insight into greed, eight things should be developed. What eight? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right…
  4. AN 5.308–1152 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. 0.72near 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…
  5. AN 8.121–147 Untitled Discourses on Greed 0.71near 0.1Numbered Discourses 8.121–147 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourses on Greed “For the complete understanding of greed … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation…