Complete Understanding of Greed · 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.
“Lobhaṁ,
bhikkhave,
anabhijānaṁ
aparijānaṁ
tattha
cittaṁ
avirājayaṁ
appajahaṁ
abhabbo
dukkhakkhayāya.
Lobhañca
kho,
bhikkhave,
abhijānaṁ
parijānaṁ
tattha
cittaṁ
virājayaṁ
pajahaṁ
bhabbo
dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding greed, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering. By directly knowing and completely understanding greed, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Yena
lobhena
luddhāse,
sattā
gacchanti
duggatiṁ;
Taṁ
lobhaṁ
sammadaññāya,
pajahanti
vipassino;
Pahāya
na
punāyanti,
imaṁ
lokaṁ
kudācanan”ti.
“When overcome by greed beings go to a bad place. Having rightly understood that greed, the discerning give it up. Once they’ve given it up, they never return to this world.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Navamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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