Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
XVI. Acelaka Vagga

The Book of the Threes

Sutta 163

Rāga Peyyālaṁ

Lust Repetition Series

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts] For higher knowledge of lust, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.^[1]

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of lust;
for lust's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[2][pts][bodh] For higher knowledge of hate, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of hate;
for hate's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[3] For higher knowledge of stupidity, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of stupidity;
for stupidity's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[4] For higher knowledge of anger, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of anger;
for anger's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[5] For higher knowledge of grudge-bearing, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of grudge-bearing;
for grudge-bearing's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[6] For higher knowledge of deception, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of deception
for deception's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[7] For higher knowledge of ruthlessness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of ruthlessness;
for ruthlessness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[8] For higher knowledge of irritation, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of irritation;
for irritation's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[9] For higher knowledge of selfishness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of selfishness;
for selfishness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[10] For higher knowledge of illusion, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of illusion;
for illusion's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[11] For higher knowledge of treachery, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of treachery;
for treachery's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[12] For higher knowledge of stubbornness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of stubbornness;
for stubbornness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[13] For higher knowledge of garrulousness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of garrulousness;
for garrulousness' putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[14] For higher knowledge of madness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of madness;
for madness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[15] For higher knowledge of conceit, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of conceit;
for conceits putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[16] For higher knowledge of intoxication, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of intoxication;
for intoxication's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

[17] For higher knowledge of carelessness, beggars, three things must become.

What three?

Empty serenity,
signless serenity,
purposeless serenity.

For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waning of carelessness;
for carelessness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.

 

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^[1] Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi. Becoming serene, getting high, focused, on top of things) empty of lust, hate and blindness; getting high without leaving signs of lust, hate and blindness; getting high without ambition to accomplish anything at all in the world.