Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
XVI. Acelaka Vagga
The Book of the
Gradual Sayings
or
More-Numbered Suttas
The Book of the Threes
Chapter XVI: Unclothed
Sutta 163
Rāga Peyyālaṃ
Lust Repetition Series
Translated from the Pāḷi by Michael M. Olds
[1][pts] For higher knowledge of lust, beggars, three things must become.
What three?
Empty high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.[1]
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining of stubbornness;
for stubbornness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.
§
[13] For higher knowledge of quarrellousness, beggars, three things must become.
What three?
Empty high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining of quarrellousness;
for quarrellousness's 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining of conceit;
for conceit's 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining 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 high-getting
signlessness high-getting
purposelessness high-getting.
For comprehensive knowledge,
utter destruction,
letting go, and
waining of carelessness;
for carelessness's putting down,
eradication,
disposal and
rejection,
these three things must become.
[1] Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi. 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.
