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Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.

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Develop complete undestanding, etc., of greed.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5Numbered Discourses 5.308–1152
  • 0.229. Rāgapeyyāla29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

0.3~Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.“For the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed, five things should be developed.”

1.2Dosassa … mohassa … kodhassa … upanāhassa … makkhassa … paḷāsassa … issāya … macchariyassa … māyāya … sāṭheyyassa … thambhassa … sārambhassa … mānassa … atimānassa … madassa … pamādassa abhiññāya … pariññāya … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.“Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence … for insight … complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go … five things should be developed.

2.1Katame pañca?What five?2.2Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ—The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.2.3pamādassa, bhikkhave, paṭinissaggāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.For the letting go of negligence, these five things should be developed.”

2.4Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya,3.2Pahānāya khayāya vayena ca;3.3Virāganirodhā cāgañca,3.4Paṭinissaggo ime dasāti.

3.5Pañcakanipāto niṭṭhito.

4.0Tatridaṁ vagguddānaṁ

4.1Sekhabalaṁ balañceva,4.2Pañcaṅgikañca sumanaṁ;4.3Muṇḍanīvaraṇañca saññañca,4.4Yodhājīvañca aṭṭhamaṁ;4.5Theraṁ kakudhaphāsuñca,4.6Andhakavindadvādasaṁ;4.7Gilānarājatikaṇḍaṁ,4.8Saddhammāghātupāsakaṁ;4.9Araññabrāhmaṇañceva,4.10Kimilakkosakaṁ tathā;4.11Dīghācārāvāsikañca,4.12Duccaritūpasampadanti.

4.13Pañcakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.The Book of the Fives is finished.