Aṅguttaranikāyo

3. Tika Nipāta

Rāga peyyālaṃ

169. Bhikkhus, to thoroughly realize greed three things should be developed.

What three?

The concentration on emptiness, the concentration on signlessness, and the concentration established on nothing. Bhikkhus, to thoroughly realize greed these three things should be developed.

Bhikkhus, for exact knowledge, exhaustion, dispelling, destruction, fading, disenchantment, cessation and giving up of greed, these three things should be developed.

Bhikkhus, to thoroughly realize hate, ... re ... delusion, ... re ... anger ... re ... gruding nature, smearing nature, malicious nature, jealousy, selfishness, hypocrisy,craftiness, obduracy, impetuosity, measuring, conceit, intoxication. ... re ... . and negligence three things should be developed.

What three?

The concentration on emptiness, the concentration on signlessness and the concentration established on nothing. Bhikkhus, to thoroughly realize hate, ... re ... delusion, ... re ... anger .re ... gruding nature, smearing nature, malicious nature, jealousy, selfishness, hypocrisy,craftiness, obduracy, impetuosity, measuring, conceit, intoxication. ... re ... . and negligence these three things should be developed.

Bhikkhus, for exact knowledge, exhaustion, dispelling, destruction, fading, disenchantment, cessation, and giving up of negligence these three things should be developed.

The Blessed One said thus and the bhikkhus were delighted.