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Itivuttaka 50

Mūlasutta

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said + indeed + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

these three“Tīṇimāni, mendicantsbhikkhave, unskillful rootsakusalamūlāni.
whatKatamāni threetīṇi?
greedLobho unskillful rootakusalamūlaṁ, hatedoso unskillful rootakusalamūlaṁ, delusionmoho unskillful rootakusalamūlaṁ—
theseimāni indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, threetīṇi unskillful rootsakusalamūlānī”ti.
this + matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ it is saiditi is saidvuccati:

greed“Lobho hatedoso andca delusionmoho andca,
a personpurisaṁ of wicked heartpāpacetasaṁ;
they harmHiṁsanti arisen inside oneselfattasambhūtā,
bamboo + liketacasāraṁva is destroyed by its own fruitsamphalan”ti.

this·alsoAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme hear + thussutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.

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