Roots · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Tīṇimāni,
bhikkhave,
akusalamūlāni.
Katamāni
tīṇi?
Lobho
akusalamūlaṁ,
doso
akusalamūlaṁ,
moho
akusalamūlaṁ—
imāni
kho,
bhikkhave,
tīṇi
akusalamūlānī”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Mendicants, there are these three unskillful roots. What three? Greed, hate, and delusion. These are the three unskillful roots.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Lobho
doso
ca
moho
ca,
purisaṁ
pāpacetasaṁ;
Hiṁsanti
attasambhūtā,
tacasāraṁva
samphalan”ti.
“When greed, hate, and delusion, have arisen inside oneself, they harm a person of wicked heart, as a bamboo is destroyed by its own fruit.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Paṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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