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AN 6.110PTS AN 3.4461 min read

Perceptions

Saññāsutta

Antidotes for harmful perceptions.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.110Numbered Discourses 6.110
  • 0.211. Tikavagga11. Triads

0.3SaññāsuttaPerceptions

1.1PTS 3.447“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā.“Mendicants, there are these three things.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Kāmasaññā, byāpādasaññā, vihiṁsāsaññā.Sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā.These are the three things.1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.To give up these three things you should develop three things.1.6Katame tayo?What three?1.7Kāmasaññāya pahānāya nekkhammasaññā bhāvetabbā, byāpādasaññāya pahānāya abyāpādasaññā bhāvetabbā, vihiṁsāsaññāya pahānāya avihiṁsāsaññā bhāvetabbā.You should develop perceptions of renunciation to give up sensual perceptions, perceptions of good will to give up malicious perceptions, and perceptions of harmlessness to give up cruel perceptions.1.8Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.These are the three things you should develop to give up those three things.”

1.9Catutthaṁ.