The Buddha teaches a repeated formula on seven things that should be developed for insight into and the complete ending of hate, delusion, anger, and other unwholesome qualities in this grouped discourse.
“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 satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Sattakanipātapāḷi 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 satta dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
these seven 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.
Sattakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā.
The Book of the Sevens is finished.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026