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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.275

  • Numbered Discourses 4.275Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.275
  • 28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed28. Rāgapeyyāla

Right EffortsSammappadhānasutta

“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā. What four?Katame cattāro? Firstly, a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; …so that unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up … so that skillful qualities arise … so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya …pe… anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya …pe… uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati. For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

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  1. AN 8.118 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) 0.70near 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…
  2. AN 10.239 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) 0.68near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.239 23. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) “For insight into greed, ten things should be developed. What ten? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right ac…
  3. AN 7.615 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) 0.68near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.615 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) “Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed. What seven? The awakening factor of mindfulnes…
  4. AN 7.617 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.617 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) “Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed. What seven? The perceptions of ugliness, death…
  5. AN 4.276 Bases of Psychic Power 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 4.276 28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Bases of Psychic Power “For insight into greed, four things should be developed. What four? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power t…