• Numbered Discourses 5 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5
  • 29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed 29. Rāgapeyyāla

Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) ~

ā€œFor insight into greed, five things should be developed. ā€œRāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiƱƱāya paƱca dhammā bhāvetabbā. What five? Katame paƱca? The perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world. AsubhasaƱƱā, maraṇasaƱƱā, ādÄ«navasaƱƱā, āhāre paį¹­ikÅ«lasaƱƱā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā—For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.ā€ rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiƱƱāya ime paƱca dhammā bhāvetabbÄā€ti.