18. Rāgapeyyālaṃ | 3 | Aṅguttara

Aṅguttara Nikāya
3. Tika Nipāta

18. Rāga peyyālaṃ
VIII. Lust and So Forth Repetition Series

183 (1)

Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, 3 things are to be developed. What 3?

1) Emptiness concentration,
2) markless concentration, and
3) wishless concentration.

- For direct knowledge of lust, these 3 things are to be developed.

184 (2)–352 (170)

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 3 things are to be developed.

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 ... delusion ... anger ... hostility ...

denigration ... insolence ... envy ... miserliness ... deceitfulness ... craftiness ... obstinacy ... vehemence ... conceit ... arrogance ... intoxication ... heedlessness,

- 3 things are to be developed. What 3?

1) Emptiness concentration,
2) markless concentration, and
3) wishless concentration.

- For the relinquishment of heedlessness, these 3 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 Threes is finished.