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Numbered Discourses · AN 7.11

  • Numbered Discourses 7.11Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.11
  • 2. Tendencies2. Anusayavagga

Underlying Tendencies (1st)Paṭhamaanusayasutta

“Mendicants, there are these seven underlying tendencies.“Sattime, bhikkhave, anusayā. What seven?Katame satta? The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, aversion, views, doubt, conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.Kāmarāgānusayo, paṭighānusayo, diṭṭhānusayo, vicikicchānusayo, mānānusayo, bhavarāgānusayo, avijjānusayo. These are the seven underlying tendencies.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta anusayā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 45.175 Tendencies 0.80near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.175 14. Floods Tendencies “Mendicants, there are these seven underlying tendencies. What seven? The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, aversion, views, doubt, conceit, desire for continued exis…
  2. AN 7.12 Underlying Tendencies (2nd) 0.74near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.12 2. Tendencies Underlying Tendencies (2nd) “Mendicants, the spiritual life is lived to give up and cut out these seven underlying tendencies. What seven? The underlying tendencies of sensual desir…
  3. AN 7.8 Fetters 0.56near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.8 1. Wealth Fetters “Mendicants, there are these seven fetters. What seven? The fetters of attraction, aversion, views, doubt, conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance. These are the s…