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Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

Rāgapeyyāla

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3Numbered Discourses 3.183–352
  • 0.218. RāgapeyyālaThe Chapter on Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

0.3~Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.“For insight into greed, three things should be developed.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi—Emptiness immersion; signless immersion; and undirected immersion.1.4rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. (…)For insight into greed, these three things should be developed.

2.1Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya …pe…For the complete understanding of greed …2.2parikkhayāya …complete ending …2.3pahānāya …giving up …2.4khayāya …ending …2.5vayāya …vanishing …2.6virāgāya …fading away …2.7nirodhāya …cessation …2.8cāgāya …giving away …2.9paṭinissaggāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.letting go …

3.1Dosassa …hate …3.2mohassa …delusion …3.3kodhassa …anger …3.4upanāhassa …acrimony …3.5makkhassa …disdain …3.6paḷāsassa …contempt …3.7issāya …jealousy …3.8macchariyassa …stinginess …3.9māyāya …deceitfulness …3.10sāṭheyyassa …deviousness …3.11thambhassa …obstinacy …3.12sārambhassa …aggression …3.13mānassa …conceit …3.14atimānassa …arrogance …3.15madassa …vanity …3.16pamādassa …negligence …3.17abhiññāya …insight …3.18pariññāya …complete understanding …3.19parikkhayāya …complete ending …3.20pahānāya …giving up …3.21khayāya …ending …3.22vayāya …vanishing …3.23virāgāya …fading away …3.24nirodhāya …cessation …3.25cāgāya …giving away …3.26paṭinissaggāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.For the letting go of negligence, these three things should be developed.”

4.1Idamavoca bhagavā.That is what the Buddha said.4.2Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

4.3Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

5.0Tassuddānaṁ

5.1Rāgaṁ dosañca mohañca,5.2kodhūpanāhapañcamaṁ;5.3Makkhapaḷāsaissā ca,5.4maccharimāyāsāṭheyyā.

6.1Thambhasārambhamānañca,6.2atimānamadassa ca;6.3Pamādā sattarasa vuttā,6.4rāgapeyyālanissitā.

7.1Ete opammayuttena,7.2āpādena abhiññāya;7.3Pariññāya parikkhayā,7.4pahānakkhayabbayena;7.5Virāganirodhacāgaṁ,7.6paṭinissagge ime dasa.

8.1Suññato animitto ca,8.2appaṇihito ca tayo;8.3Samādhimūlakā peyyā—8.4lesupi vavatthitā cāti.

8.5Tatiyo paṇṇāsako niṭṭhito.

8.6Tikanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.The Book of the Threes is finished.