{"id":"an8.120","title":"Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.120","title":"Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)","units":[{"id":"an8.120:0","sourceIds":["an8.120:0.1","an8.120:0.2","an8.120:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8\n11. Rāgapeyyāla\n~","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.120\n11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed\nUntitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)"}},{"id":"an8.120:1","sourceIds":["an8.120:1.1","an8.120:1.2","an8.120:1.3","an8.120:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya aṭṭha dhammā bhāvetabbā.\nKatame aṭṭha?\nRūpī rūpāni passati, ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati, subhanteva adhimutto hoti, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati—\nrāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime aṭṭha dhammā bhāvetabbā”.","en":"“For insight into greed, eight things should be developed.\nWhat eight?\nHaving physical form, they see forms … not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally … they’re focused only on beauty … going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness … going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception … going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling …\nFor insight into greed, these eight things should be developed.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.120/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}