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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.142

  • Numbered Discourses 6Aṅguttara Nikāya 6
  • 13. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed13. Rāgapeyyāla

Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)~

“For insight into greed, six things should be developed.“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cha dhammā bhāvetabbā. What six?Katame cha? The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, the perception of fading away, and the perception of cessation.Aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā. For insight into greed, these six things should be developed.”Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cha dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 5.305 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) 0.92near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.305 29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perception of impermanence, the perception o…
  2. AN 6.140 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) 0.86near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.140 13. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) “For insight into greed, six things should be developed. What six? The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition,…
  3. AN 5.304 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) 0.86near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.304 29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, death…
  4. AN 7.616 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) 0.85near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.616 11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) “Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed. What seven? The perception of impermanence, th…
  5. AN 9.93 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) 0.83near 0.1Numbered Discourses 9.93 10. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) “For insight into greed, nine things should be developed. What nine? The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness…