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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.116

  • Numbered Discourses 6.116Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.116
  • 11. Triads11. Tikavagga

RestlessnessUddhaccasutta

“Mendicants, there are these three things.“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā. What three?Katame tayo? Restlessness, lack of restraint, and negligence.Uddhaccaṁ, asaṁvaro, pamādo. These are the three things.Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā. To give up these three things you should develop three things.Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. What three?Katame tayo? You should develop serenity to give up restlessness, restraint to give up lack of restraint, and diligence to give up negligence.Uddhaccassa pahānāya samatho bhāvetabbo, asaṁvarassa pahānāya saṁvaro bhāvetabbo, pamādassa pahānāya appamādo bhāvetabbo. These are the three things you should develop to give up those three things.”Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

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