Aṅguttara Nikāya 9
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 9
10. Rāgapeyyāla
10. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed
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Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya nava dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“For insight into greed, nine things should be developed.
Katame nava?
What nine?
Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā—
The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence, suffering in impermanence, not-self in suffering, giving up, and fading away.
rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime nava dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For insight into greed, these nine things should be developed.”