Aṅguttara Nikāya 5

Translators: sujato

Numbered Discourses 5

29. Rāgapeyyāla
29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

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Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“For insight into greed, five things should be developed.

Katame pañca?
What five?

Aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā—
The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, and the perception of fading away.

rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”