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AN 4.275PTS AN 2.256Sammappadhāna1 min read

Right Efforts

Sammappadhānasutta

Develop insight into greed through the four right efforts.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.275Numbered Discourses 4.275
  • 0.228. Rāgapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

0.3SammappadhānasuttaRight Efforts

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā.“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;Firstly, a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.1.4uppannānaṁ 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.…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.1.5Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”

1.6Dutiyaṁ.