• Numbered Discourses 6.109 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 6.109
  • 11. Triads 11. Tikavagga

Thoughts Vitakkasutta

ā€œMendicants, there are these three things. ā€œTayome, bhikkhave, dhammā. What three? Katame tayo? Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts. Kāmavitakko, byāpādavitakko, vihiṁsāvitakko. These are the three things. Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā. To give up these three things you should develop three things. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. What three? Katame tayo? You should develop thoughts of renunciation to give up sensual thoughts, thoughts of good will to give up malicious thoughts, and thoughts of harmlessness to give up cruel thoughts. Kāmavitakkassa pahānāya nekkhammavitakko bhāvetabbo, byāpādavitakkassa pahānāya abyāpādavitakko bhāvetabbo, vihiṁsāvitakkassa pahānāya avihiṁsāvitakko bhāvetabbo. These are the three things you should develop to give up those three things.ā€ Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbÄā€ti.

Tatiyaṁ.