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B0102040529(3)rāgapeyyālaṃ (greed chapter)

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The Repetition on Lust 303. For the full understanding of lust, monks, five qualities should be developed. Which five? Perception of impurity, perception of death, perception of danger, perception of repulsiveness in food, perception of non-delight in the whole world. For the full understanding of lust, monks, these five qualities should be developed. 304. For the full understanding of lust, monks, five qualities should be developed. Which five? Perception of impermanence, perception of non-self, perception of death, perception of repulsiveness in food, perception of non-delight in the whole world. For the full understanding of lust, monks, these five qualities should be developed. 305. For the full understanding of lust, monks, five qualities should be developed. Which five? Perception of impermanence, perception of suffering in impermanence, perception of non-self in suffering, perception of abandoning, perception of dispassion. For the full understanding of lust, monks, these five qualities should be developed. 306. For the full understanding of lust, monks, five qualities should be developed. Which five? The faculty of faith, the faculty of energy, the faculty of mindfulness, the faculty of concentration, the faculty of wisdom. For the full understanding of lust, monks, these five qualities should be developed. 307. For the full understanding of lust, monks, five qualities should be developed. Which five? The power of faith, the power of energy, the power of mindfulness, the power of concentration, the power of wisdom. For the full understanding of lust, monks, these five qualities should be developed. 308-1151. For the full comprehension of lust, monks, for its utter destruction, for its abandoning, for its ending, for its vanishing, for its dispassion, for its cessation, for its relinquishment, for its letting go— five qualities should be developed. And likewise, for hatred, for delusion, for anger, for resentment, for denigration, for rivalry, for envy, for stinginess, for deceit, for craftiness, for obstinacy, for presumption, for conceit, for excessive conceit, for intoxication, for heedlessness— for the full understanding of each, for its full comprehension, for its utter destruction, for its abandoning, for its ending, for its vanishing, for its dispassion, for its cessation, for its relinquishment, for its letting go— five qualities should be developed. Which five? The power of faith, the power of energy, the power of mindfulness, the power of concentration, the power of wisdom – For the relinquishing of heedlessness, monks, these five qualities are to be developed. The section on lust is concluded. Its summary – For direct knowledge, for full understanding, for exhaustion, For abandoning, for destruction, and for fading away; For dispassion, for cessation, and for relinquishment, For letting go, these are the ten. The Book of the Fives is concluded. Here is the summary of chapters – The Power of the Learner, and the Power, and the Five-factored, and the Good Mind; And the Shaving and Hindrance, and the Perception, and the Warrior, the eighth; The Elder, and Kakudha's Comfort, Andhakavinda, the twelfth; The Sick, the King, the Three Sections, the Assault on the True Dhamma, the Lay Follower; And the Forest Brahmin, and Kimila and the Cursing likewise; And the Long Conduct and the Resident, and the Bad Conduct and the Full Ordination. The Pāli text of the Book of the Fives is concluded.

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