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Gratification

Assādasutta

Antidotes for views of gratification, self, and wrong views.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.112Numbered Discourses 6.112
  • 0.211. Tikavagga11. Triads

0.3AssādasuttaGratification

1.1“Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā.“Mendicants, there are these three things.1.2Katame tayo?What three?1.3Assādadiṭṭhi, attānudiṭṭhi, micchādiṭṭhi.The view that things are gratifying, the theory of self, and wrong view.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?1.7Assādadiṭṭhiyā pahānāya aniccasaññā bhāvetabbā, attānudiṭṭhiyā pahānāya anattasaññā bhāvetabbā, micchādiṭṭhiyā pahānāya sammādiṭṭhi bhāvetabbā.You should develop the perception of impermanence to give up the view that things are gratifying; the perception of not-self to give up the theory of self; and right view to give up wrong view.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.”

1.9Chaṭṭhaṁ.