“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya satta dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame satta? Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
The Buddha teaches that seven things should be developed for insight into and the complete ending of greed, hate, delusion, and other unwholesome qualities.
AN 7.617 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya satta dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“Mendicants, for insight into greed, seven things should be developed.
Katame satta?
What seven?
Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā—
The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence, suffering in impermanence, and not-self in suffering.
rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
These seven things should be developed for insight into greed.”
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