11. Rāgapeyyālaṃ | 7 | Aṅguttara

Aṅguttara Nikāya

11. Rāgapeyyālaṃ
VI. Lust and So Forth Repetition Series

615 (1)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 7 things are to be developed. What 7?

1) The enlightenment factor of mindfulness,
2) the enlightenment factor of discrimination of phenomena,
3) the enlightenment factor of energy,
4) the enlightenment factor of rapture,
5) the enlightenment factor of tranquillity,
6) the enlightenment factor of concentration, and
7) the enlightenment factor of equanimity.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 7 things are to be developed.

616 (2)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 7 things are to be developed. What 7?

1) The perception of impermanence,
2) the perception of non-self,
3) the perception of unattractiveness,
4) the perception of danger,
5) the perception of abandoning,
6) the perception of dispassion,
7) the perception of cessation.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 7 things are to be developed.

617 (3)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 7 things are to be developed. What 7?

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, and
7) the perception of non-self in what is suffering.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 7 things are to be developed.

618 (4)–644 (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 7 things are to be developed.

645 (31)–1124 (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 7 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 Sevens is finished.