“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame dasa? Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
The Buddha teaches that ten things should be developed for insight into and the complete ending of greed, hate, delusion, and other unwholesome qualities.
AN 10.237 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“For insight into greed, ten things should be developed.
Katame dasa?
What ten?
Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā—
The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence, suffering in impermanence, and not-self in suffering, giving up, fading away, and cessation.
rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For insight into greed, these ten things should be developed.”
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