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Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

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Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with ugliness.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7Numbered Discourses 7.617
  • 0.211. Rāgapeyyāla11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

0.3~Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya satta dhammā bhāvetabbā.“Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed.1.2Katame satta?What seven?1.3Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā—The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence, suffering in impermanence, and not-self in suffering.1.4rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.These seven things should be developed for insight into greed.”