Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

111. Elements

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

1"Tayome, bhikkhave, dhammā. Katame tayo? Kāmadhātu, byāpādadhātu, vihiṁsādhātu. Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo dhammā. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame tayo? Kāmadhātuyā pahānāya nekkhammadhātu bhāvetabbā, byāpādadhātuyā pahānāya abyāpādadhātu bhāvetabbā, vihiṁsādhātuyā pahānāya avihiṁsādhātu bhāvetabbā. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā"ti.


Pañcamaṁ.

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