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Underlying Tendencies (1st)

Paṭhamaanusayasutta

The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.11Numbered Discourses 7.11
  • 0.22. Anusayavagga2. Tendencies

0.3PaṭhamaanusayasuttaUnderlying Tendencies (1st)

1.1“Sattime, bhikkhave, anusayā.“Mendicants, there are these seven underlying tendencies.1.2Katame satta?What seven?1.3Kāmarāgānusayo, paṭighānusayo, diṭṭhānusayo, vicikicchānusayo, mānānusayo, bhavarāgānusayo, avijjānusayo.The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, aversion, views, doubt, conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta anusayā”ti.These are the seven underlying tendencies.”

1.5Paṭhamaṁ.