The Buddha teaches that five things—the powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom—should be developed for the complete understanding, ending, and letting go of greed, hate, delusion, and other unwholesome qualities in this grouped discourse.

AN 5.308-1152 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāyaparikkhayāyapahānāyakhayāyavayāyavirāgāyanirodhāyacāgāyapaṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.

Dosassamohassakodhassaupanāhassamakkhassapaḷāsassaissāyamacchariyassamāyāyasāṭheyyassathambhassasārambhassamānassaatimānassamadassapamādassa abhiññāyapariññāyaparikkhayāyapahānāyakhayāyavayāyavirāgāyanirodhāyacāgāyapaṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.

Katame pañca? Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ pamādassa, bhikkhave, paṭinissaggāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

Tassuddānaṁ

Abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya,
Pahānāya khayāya vayena ca;
Virāganirodhā cāgañca,
Paṭinissaggo ime dasāti.

Pañcakanipāto niṭṭhito.

Tatridaṁ vagguddānaṁ

Sekhabalaṁ balañceva,
Pañcaṅgikañca sumanaṁ;
Muṇḍanīvaraṇañca saññañca,
Yodhājīvañca aṭṭhamaṁ;
Theraṁ kakudhaphāsuñca,
Andhakavindadvādasaṁ;
Gilānarājatikaṇḍaṁ,
Saddhammāghātupāsakaṁ;
Araññabrāhmaṇañceva,
Kimilakkosakaṁ tathā;
Dīghācārāvāsikañca,
Duccaritūpasampadanti.

Pañcakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, pariññāyaparikkhayāyapahānāyakhayāyavayāyavirāgāyanirodhāyacāgāyapaṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.

“For the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed, five things should be developed.”

Dosassamohassakodhassaupanāhassamakkhassapaḷāsassaissāyamacchariyassamāyāyasāṭheyyassathambhassasārambhassamānassaatimānassamadassapamādassa abhiññāyapariññāyaparikkhayāyapahānāyakhayāyavayāyavirāgāyanirodhāyacāgāyapaṭinissaggāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā.

“Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence … for insight … complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go … five things should be developed.

Katame pañca?

What five?

Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ

The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.

pamādassa, bhikkhave, paṭinissaggāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

For the letting go of negligence, these five things should be developed.”

Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

Tassuddānaṁ

Abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya,

Pahānāya khayāya vayena ca;

Virāganirodhā cāgañca,

Paṭinissaggo ime dasāti.

Pañcakanipāto niṭṭhito.

Tatridaṁ vagguddānaṁ

Sekhabalaṁ balañceva,

Pañcaṅgikañca sumanaṁ;

Muṇḍanīvaraṇañca saññañca,

Yodhājīvañca aṭṭhamaṁ;

Theraṁ kakudhaphāsuñca,

Andhakavindadvādasaṁ;

Gilānarājatikaṇḍaṁ,

Saddhammāghātupāsakaṁ;

Araññabrāhmaṇañceva,

Kimilakkosakaṁ tathā;

Dīghācārāvāsikañca,

Duccaritūpasampadanti.

Pañcakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

The Book of the Fives is finished.

Topics & Qualities:

Conceit

Conceit

Self-view expressed as comparison—seeing oneself as superior, inferior, or equal; the persistent “I am” conceit (asmimāna) that underlies identification and fuels rebirth

Also known as: arrogance, egotism, pride, self-importance, tendency of self-comparison
Pāli: māna, atimāna, unnaḷa
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Ending

Ending

The complete exhaustion and ending of craving, aversion, and delusion—the three roots of suffering. It refers to both the gradual wearing away of defilements through practice and the final cessation that constitutes Nibbāna.

Also known as: cessation, exhaustion, gradual ending, wearing away
Pāli: khaya, khīṇa, nirodha
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Giving

Giving

The act of generosity, sharing, or offering to others without expecting anything in return. Giving is considered a foundational virtue in Buddhist practice, fostering selflessness and compassion.

Also known as: generosity, charity, donation, almsgiving, donating, philanthropy, providing with, gift with
Pāli: dāna
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Giving up

Giving up

The mental quality of renunciation and release from attachment. It delights in simplicity and freedom rather than in sensual pleasure. Giving up is not loss but the joyful abandoning of burden, opening the way to peace and insight.

Also known as: renunciation, relinquishment, letting go, abandonment
Pāli: nekkhamma
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Greed

Greed

A grasping mental quality of craving, possessiveness, or lustful wanting that clings to objects or experiences; it fuels attachment and obstructs renunciation and contentment

Also known as: acquisitiveness, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, money grabbing, grabbiness
Pāli: lobha, gedha
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Negligence

Negligence

Dwelling with unrestrained faculties, soiled by sensory attraction. Negligence is the failure to guard the mind and to arouse heedfulness, blocking the arising of wholesome states.

Also known as: carelessness, heedlessness, inattentiveness
Pāli: pamāda
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Last updated on July 27, 2026