The Buddha teaches a repeated formula on six things that should be developed for insight into and the complete ending of hate, delusion, anger, and other unwholesome qualities in this grouped discourse.
PTS 3.452“Dosassa …pe… mohassa … kodhassa … upanāhassa … makkhassa … paḷāsassa … issāya … macchariyassa … māyāya … sāṭheyyassa … thambhassa … sārambhassa … mānassa … atimānassa … madassa … pamādassa abhiññāya …pe… pariññāya … parikkhayāya … pahānāya … khayāya … vayāya … virāgāya … nirodhāya … cāgāya … paṭinissaggāya …pe… ime cha dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Chakkanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Dosassa …pe…
“Of hate …
mohassa …
delusion …
kodhassa …
anger …
upanāhassa …
acrimony …
makkhassa …
disdain …
paḷāsassa …
contempt …
issāya …
jealousy …
macchariyassa …
stinginess …
māyāya …
deceitfulness …
sāṭheyyassa …
deviousness …
thambhassa …
obstinacy …
sārambhassa …
aggression …
mānassa …
conceit …
atimānassa …
arrogance …
madassa …
vanity …
pamādassa abhiññāya …pe…
for insight into negligence …
pariññāya …
complete understanding …
parikkhayāya …
complete ending …
pahānāya …
giving up …
khayāya …
ending …
vayāya …
vanishing …
virāgāya …
fading away …
nirodhāya …
cessation …
cāgāya …
giving away …
paṭinissaggāya …pe…
letting go of negligence
ime cha dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
these six things should be developed.”
Idamavoca bhagavā.
That is what the Buddha said.
Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Chakkanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.
The Book of the Sixes is finished.
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Last updated on October 25, 2026