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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10

Numbered Discourses 10.238

23. Rāgapeyyāla

23. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

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Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā.

“For insight into greed, ten things should be developed.

Katame dasa?

What ten?

Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aṭṭhikasaññā, puḷavakasaññā, vinīlakasaññā, vipubbakasaññā, vicchiddakasaññā, uddhumātakasaññā—

The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, a skeleton, a worm-infested corpse, a livid corpse, a festering corpse, a split open corpse, and a bloated corpse.

rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

For insight into greed, these ten things should be developed.”