“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame dasa? Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aṭṭhikasaññā, puḷavakasaññā, vinīlakasaññā, vipubbakasaññā, vicchiddakasaññā, uddhumātakasaññā— 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 10.238 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
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?
Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aṭṭhikasaññā, puḷavakasaññā, vinīlakasaññā, vipubbakasaññā, vicchiddakasaññā, uddhumātakasaññā—
The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, a skeleton, a worm-infested corpse, a livid corpse, a festering corpse, a split open corpse, and a bloated corpse.
rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For insight into greed, these ten things should be developed.”
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