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Elements

Dhātusutta

Antidotes for harmful properties.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.111Numbered Discourses 6.111
  • 0.211. Tikavagga11. Triads

0.3DhātusuttaElements

1.1“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā.“Mendicants, there are these three things.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Kāmadhātu, byāpādadhātu, vihiṁsādhātu.The elements of sensuality, malice, and cruelty.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?1.7Kāmadhātuyā pahānāya nekkhammadhātu bhāvetabbā, byāpādadhātuyā pahānāya abyāpādadhātu bhāvetabbā, vihiṁsādhātuyā pahānāya avihiṁsādhātu bhāvetabbā.You should develop the element of renunciation to give up the element of sensuality, the element of good will to give up the element of malice, and the element of harmlessness to give up the element of cruelty.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.”

1.9Pañcamaṁ.