Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

277–303

1"Bhikkhus, for full understanding of lust … for the utter destruction … for the abandoning … … for the destruction … for the vanishing … for the fading away … for the cessation … for the giving up … For the relinquishment of lust, these four things are to be developed." [n.973] As the three fourfold practices are to be developed for direct knowledge of lust, so they are to be developed for each of the other nine purposes. Thus there are a total of thirty suttas with respect to lust.

1"Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāya … pe … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā … pe ….


Tiṁsatimaṁ.

Back to Top