Fire

Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.

[1][upal] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these seven fires.^[1]

What seven?

The fires of passion,
hatred,
delusion,
the fires of the venerable,
the householder,
the gift-worthy,
the wood-fire.

Verily, monks, these are the seven fires.'

Childers. Aggi. Eleven (enumerated in Saṅkhyārtha Prakāça): rāgo — lust, doso — hate, moho — error, jāti — birth, jarā — decay, maraṇaṁ — death, soko — sorrow, paridevo — lamentation, dukkhaṁ — pain, domanassaṁ — grief, upāyāso — despair.

— p.p.

^[1] cf. D. iii, 217 (for 3); It. 92 (3); S. iv, 19; Dhp. 202; Childers gives eleven.

Aṅguttara Nikāya Sattaka Nipāta V. Mahāyañña-Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings The Book of the Sevens Chapter V: The Great Sacrifice

Sutta 43

Paṭhama Aggi Suttaṁ

Fire

Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
V. Mahāyañña-Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sevens
Chapter V: The Great Sacrifice