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Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

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Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5Numbered Discourses 5.305
  • 0.229. Rāgapeyyāla29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

0.3~Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.“For insight into greed, five things should be developed.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā—The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, and the perception of fading away.1.4rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”