10. Rāgapeyyālaṃ | 9 | Aṅguttara

Aṅguttara Nikāya

010. Rāgapeyyālaṃ
V. Lust and So Forth Repetition Series

93 (1)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 9 things are to be developed. What 9?

1) The perception of unattractiveness,
2) the perception of death,
3) the perception of the repulsiveness of food,
4) the perception of non-delight in the entire world,
5) the perception of impermanence,
6) the perception of suffering in the impermanent,
7) the perception of non-self in what is suffering,
8) the perception of abandoning, and
9) the perception of dispassion.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 9 things are to be developed.

94 (2)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 9 things are to be developed. What 9?

1) The 1^st jhāna,
2) the 2^nd jhāna,
3) the 3^rd jhāna,
4) the 4^th jhāna,
5) the base of the infinity of space,
6) the base of the infinity of consciousness,
7) the base of nothingness,
8) the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, and
9) the cessation of perception and feeling.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 9 things are to be developed.

95 (3)–112 (20)

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 9 things are to be developed.

113 (21)–432 (340)

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 9 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 Nines is finished.

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