Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

109. Thoughts

1"Bhikkhus, there are these three things. What three? (1) Sensual thought, (2) thought of ill will, and (3) thought of harming. These are three things. Three other things are to be developed for abandoning these three things. What three? (4) The thought of renunciation is to be developed for abandoning sensual thought. (5) The thought of good will is to be developed for abandoning the thought of ill will. (6) The thought of harmlessness is to be developed for abandoning the thought of harming. These three things are to be developed for abandoning the former three things."

1"Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame tayo? Kāmavitakko, byāpādavitakko, vihiṁsāvitakko. Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame tayo? Kāmavitakkassa pahānāya nekkhammavitakko bhāvetabbo, byāpādavitakkassa pahānāya abyāpādavitakko bhāvetabbo, vihiṁsāvitakkassa pahānāya avihiṁsāvitakko bhāvetabbo. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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