AN 4.277–303Complete Understanding, Etc.
Pāli / Sanskrit:Pariññādisutta
Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.
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– Aṅguttara Nikāya
– XXVIII . Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed
4.277-303. Complete Understanding, Etc.
TTC 1 —Mendicants, for insight into greed, four things should be developed. What four?
Here, a mendicant meditates observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
Mendicants, for insight into greed, these four things should be developed.
TTC 2 —Mendicants, for insight into greed, four things should be developed. What four?
Here, a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities do not arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, develop, and reach fulfillment. Mendicants, for insight into greed, these four things should be developed.
TTC 3 Mendicants, for insight into greed, four things should be developed. What four?
Here, a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm and active effort; develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy and active effort; develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development and active effort; and develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry and active effort.
Mendicants, for insight into greed, these four things should be developed.
TTC 4 Mendicants, for the complete understanding, finishing, giving up, ending, vanishing, fading away, cessation, giving away, and letting go of greed, these four things should be developed.
This discourse collection was translated from Pali into Vietnamese by Venerable Thích Minh Châu in 1976–1977 and published by Vạn Hạnh Buddhist Institute, Saigon, in 1980–1981. As part of the Vietnamese Buddhist Canon translation and publication program, the collection was revised into 4 volumes and reprinted in 1996 as volumes 21, 22, 23, and 24.
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