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Itivuttaka 80

Vitakkasutta

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Buddhabhagavatā said by the Perfected One, it isvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

these three“Tayome, monksbhikkhave, unskillful thoughtsakusalavitakkā.
whichKatame threetayo?
connected with statusAnavaññattipaṭisaṁyutto thoughtvitakko, connected with gain, honor, and famelābhasakkārasilokapaṭisaṁyutto thoughtvitakko, connected with fondness for othersparānuddayatāpaṭisaṁyutto thoughtvitakko.
theseIme indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, threetayo unskillful thoughtsakusalavitakkā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
thereon thisTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

concerned with being looked up to“Anavaññattisaṁyutto,
with possessions, honor, and respectlābhasakkāragāravo;
sharing joysSahanandī with friendsamaccehi,
is far fromārā the ending of fetterssaṁyojanakkhayā.

whoYo andca children and herdsputtapasuṁ having given uphitvā,
marriageVivāhe acquisitionssaṁharāni andca;
capableBhabbo suchso suchtādiso mendicantbhikkhu,
to experiencePhuṭṭhuṁ the highest awakeningsambodhimuttaman”ti.

this alsoAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
firstPaṭhamaṁ.

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