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Aṅguttara Nikāya 6

Numbered Discourses 6

13. Rāgapeyyāla

13. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

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Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cha dhammā bhāvetabbā.

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

Katame cha?

What six?

Aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā.

The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, the perception of fading away, and the perception of cessation.

Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cha dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

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