AN 11.983–991Untitled Discourses on Greed
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
11.983-991. Craving (2)
TTC 1“Bhikkhus, to directly know craving, to fully understand it, to bring it to an end, to abandon it, to destroy it, to eliminate it, to become dispassionate toward it, to bring it to cessation … to relinquish it, to give it up … eleven qualities should be developed.
TTC 2“To directly know hatred … delusion … anger … hostility … denigration … malice … envy … stinginess … hypocrisy … deceit … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … intoxication … heedlessness; to fully understand them, bring them to an end, abandon them, destroy them, eliminate them, become dispassionate toward them, bring them to cessation, relinquish them, and give them up … these eleven qualities should be developed.”
That is what the Blessed One said. The bhikkhus were satisfied and delighted in the Blessed One’s words.
[End of the Aṅguttara Nikāya]
This collection was translated by Venerable Thích Minh Châu from the Pali Canon into Vietnamese in 1976–1977 and published by the Vạn Hạnh Buddhist Institute, Saigon, in 1980–1981. As part of the translation and publication of the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon, the collection was revised into 4 volumes and republished in 1996 as volumes 21, 22, 23, and 24.
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