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Aṅguttara Nikāya

13. Rāgapeyyālaṃ

III. Lust and So Forth Repetition Series

140 (1)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 6 things are to be developed. What 6?

1) The unsurpassed sight,
2) the unsurpassed hearing,
3) the unsurpassed gain,
4) the unsurpassed training,
5) the unsurpassed service, and
6) the unsurpassed recollection.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 6 things are to be developed.

141 (2)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 6 things are to be developed. What 6?

1) Recollection of the Buddha,
2) recollection of the Dhamma,
3) recollection of the Saṅgha,
4) recollection of virtuous behaviour,
5) recollection of generosity, and
6) recollection of the deities.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 6 things are to be developed.

142 (3)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 6 things are to be developed. What 6?

1) The perception of impermanence,
2) the perception of suffering in what is impermanent,
3) the perception of non-self in what is suffering,
4) the perception of abandoning,
5) the perception of dispassion, and
6) the perception of cessation.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 6 things are to be developed.

143 (4)–169 (30)

Bhikkhus, for full understanding of lust ...

for the utter destruction ...
for the abandoning ...
for the destruction ...
for the vanishing ...
for the fading away ...
for the cessation ...
for the giving up ...

for the relinquishment of lust ...

- these 6 things are to be developed.

170 (31)–649 (510)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge ...

for full understanding ...
for the utter destruction ...
for the abandoning ...
for the destruction ...
for the vanishing ...
for the fading away ...
for the cessation ...
for the giving up ...

for the relinquishment of hatred ...

of delusion ... of anger ... of hostility ... of denigration ... of insolence ... of envy ... of miserliness ... of deceitfulness ... of craftiness ... of obstinacy ... of vehemence ... of conceit ... of arrogance ... of intoxication ... of heedlessness ...

- these 6 things are to be developed.

This is what the Blessed One said.
Elated, those Bhikkhus delighted in the Blessed One’s statement.

The Book of the Sixes is finished.