Moral recklessness ☁️ dark quality
3 discourses
Also known as: fearlessness of wrongdoing, without concern for others, lack of prudence
Pāli: anottappa
In As It Was Said (Itivuttaka)
A person who is lacking continuous effort and is without concern is incapable of attaining full awakening, Nibbāna, and the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
Ignorance is the forerunner in the arising of unwholesome qualities, and wisdom is the forerunner in the arising of wholesome qualities.
In Middle Length Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya)
The Buddha distinguishes pleasant abidings in the here and now from the way of effacement leading upwards to complete quenching. Effacement is shown as the gradual chipping away of defilements through restraint, cultivation of the noble eightfold path, and diligent training, culminating in the complete freedom of Nibbāna.